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pissang

in which i get all instrospective and shit

Nov 29, 2008 21:07

I still read just about every post of all of my LJ friends almost every day, but I haven't really felt like writing on Livejournal lately. Earlier today, I was pondering why that might be when it occurred to me that I may have outgrown my blog persona. Then I asked myself if you can outgrow a version of your self that isn't actually your self ( Read more... )

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cbertsch November 30 2008, 16:42:07 UTC

That makes a lot of sense. Personally, I've been outgrowing my non-persona, if you will, without knowing what to replace it with. I liked it when I could be more free in expressing feelings here. When that form of communication seemed cut off from me, I began to narrow the scope of my writing in ways that have now led me into a dead end.

For what it's worth, though, just as that assessment over-simplifies my own situation, I think that your does a bit as well. Although you've posted less and less, I've noted a marked shift in your entries over the past year-plus. That is, I think you were already developing a new persona, to an extent.

pissang December 1 2008, 07:14:40 UTC

1. LJ used to be a stew where I could toss out random scraps of writing, but I feel as if I'm getting to an age where I should be writing with more direction.

2. That was a long way of saying that you are right. My priorities as a writer and a person are changing.

3. There's something icky about LJ, but for some reason it seems as if we both value the venue.

aleph_zahir November 30 2008, 18:56:13 UTC

For me, LJ functions as an online version of conversations I might have with the same friends/acquaintances in real life, and less often as a record of particularly memorable life events. Personally, I don't envision it as a alternate mode of publication, especially since my posts are all friends-locked. I could just as easily be IMing or writing an email. In sum, I'm fairly certain I embody everything you hate about LJ!

pissang December 1 2008, 06:51:05 UTC

Eh, I don't hate it...or anyone's use of it. I just sometimes wonder why I keep writing in it.

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