Are you listening?

"Are you out there? Can you hear this?...
...I will write this down and then I will not be alone again..." -Dar Williams

Why do we write? Journal, blog? Is blogging just journaling gone live?

I think people journal to process. I was required to journal in art school, to process thoughts and ideas, to develop a voice. The same seminars I was required to journal for, I was supposed to be making work, creating images that spoke for themselves, without using words. Every Friday was a 6-8 hour critique, to sit and discuss. This was often an educational, lively, sometimes emotional, enriching experience. In every critique there seemed to be at least one who just loved to hear themselves talk. These people often had weak work, but tried to make up for it with lots and lots of bullsh*tting.

Is that what blogging is? Do we just love to hear ourselves talk? Blah, Blah, Blahg