Comments on: why? http://www.penguingirl.com/2007/10/14/why/ read. knit. write. travel. live. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:53:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dave Daniels http://www.penguingirl.com/2007/10/14/why/#comment-16390 Dave Daniels Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:39:17 +0000 http://www.penguingirl.com/2007/10/14/why/#comment-16390 Why? Why not? I write for myself. If anyone else reads, that's a bonus. For those that misunderstand to misinterpret, screw 'em. That's a given. Not everyone is going to 'get you". I have a multi year computer journal that has never been published. That was started LONG ago, before I knew about the internet. Tons of photos and personal stuff. When I was younger I wrote lots and lots of paper journals. At least the computer has spell check, and I can read my own typing later. It's a form of personal expression that transcends all others. It's the written word. It's what allows us to communicate to others of our species. And, most important, it allows US to look back on where WE were at any given point in our past. Whoa, this is getting too deep. Basically, do it for yourself. the rest is icing. Why? Why not? I write for myself. If anyone else reads, that’s a bonus. For those that misunderstand to misinterpret, screw ‘em. That’s a given. Not everyone is going to ‘get you”. I have a multi year computer journal that has never been published. That was started LONG ago, before I knew about the internet. Tons of photos and personal stuff. When I was younger I wrote lots and lots of paper journals. At least the computer has spell check, and I can read my own typing later. It’s a form of personal expression that transcends all others. It’s the written word. It’s what allows us to communicate to others of our species. And, most important, it allows US to look back on where WE were at any given point in our past.
Whoa, this is getting too deep. Basically, do it for yourself. the rest is icing.

]]> By: melanie http://www.penguingirl.com/2007/10/14/why/#comment-16383 melanie Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:01:27 +0000 http://www.penguingirl.com/2007/10/14/why/#comment-16383 I've always loved the term "capacious hold-all," and I wish I could do more in the way of being "capacious" in my own journals! One way I open mine is to write in bookstore cafes. I intersperse whatever I'm writing with descriptions (and sometimes imagined conversations, or overheard conversations) of the other cafe customers. I might reminisce about a song being played - anything to get me into description mode and out of full-tilt introspection. I’ve always loved the term “capacious hold-all,” and I wish I could do more in the way of being “capacious” in my own journals!

One way I open mine is to write in bookstore cafes. I intersperse whatever I’m writing with descriptions (and sometimes imagined conversations, or overheard conversations) of the other cafe customers. I might reminisce about a song being played - anything to get me into description mode and out of full-tilt introspection.

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