When I began the post yesterday----after a several-month hiatus----I was filled with a swirl of ideas to write about but settled instead on the simplicity of the title, on my need to move energy around (by making changes to the appearance of this blog, by going outside, by clearing away what had become extraneous, by opening doors).
And then this morning, when our tiny newspaper didn't show up in its usual place, after sitting quietly, staring at the fire and its uncanny anthropomorphic nibbling at the wood, I grabbed my laptop and began a little cleaning up and exploring of old bookmarked pages. In the process, I found an acquaintance's blog in which she writes of her own efforts (and seeming failure) at finding "community," and of wondering what the point of her writing a blog might be if nobody reads it. That entry was dated over a year ago, and there I was, reading it, and becoming inspired by someone whose thoughts I recognized a kinship with.
And so, these occasional words and images that we send out in cyberspace, just as our energy pulses outward, do "matter."
Consider what that phrase means: "Does writing a blog matter?" That is, does writing produce a significant substance? Of course it does, though it cannot be quantified nor set in a specific time or space, and so use of the term "matter" is wonderfully oxymoronic.
It is a question I ask myself from time to time and simply wonder about in the intervals between my many askings. We are indeed a village or a community, and our efforts in reaching out to each other matter. I am so glad you have returned to blogging!
ReplyDeleteWhy, thank you! In part, my continuing exploration (and disappointment) in using Facebook brought me back here. FB seems so constrained (in format, audience, lower expectations, intention) in comparison.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do love to meet kindred souls through their heart-penned (keyboarded?) words. . .
So delighted (like Kerrdelune) that you have resumed blogging! I don't use FB myself (our family has agreed not to dive into the realms of FB and Twitter for various reasons), and have been pondering recently whether blogging is worthwhile or not. I think I've come to a similar conclusion to yours ... I do love to read the heart-penned/keyboarded words of thoughtful, questing, creative souls attempting to live in an honest, truth-filled way in a shifting and busy world ....
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jane. My mind's still churning on this subject. . . I'd be interested in learning more about your decision not to FB (I know almost nothing about Twitter or why anyone would want to use it), but just writing these few words about those platforms has reminded me of my own basic feeling about so much of technology----that it can be a distraction from more meaningful nature and human contact. . . But perhaps it's like most everything else, a matter of balance.
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