Caveat lector:
I have heard it said that to blog only of personal experiences is childish, or at the very least bad blog-etiquette. I believe I understand the source of this sentiment, as a moment-to-moment synopsis of one's day often becomes too personal and is almost always a worthless read. It almost seems selfish, this assumption that readers actually care about the mundane details involved in conducting daily activities.
Having conceded this point, I think I'll go on to say that my subjective daily experiences are the only things I feel consistently confident to submit to cyberspace-at-large. Although I just suggested it presumptuous to assume that readers care about details of the day, it seems decidedly more presumptuous to think that I might somehow contribute to the existing body of knowledge through some e-revelation, whether it be theological, political, philosophical or otherwise.
Indeed, men much more intelligent and learned than I have been observing and pondering the intricacies of the world for thousands of years in an attempt to figure it all out. What conclusions could I possibly draw that haven't been drawn at least a dozen times in as many languages? This is not to suggest that the world's collective knowledge cannot be augmented; my suggestion is that it won't be done through this blog at any foreseeable point in the future.
And yet, that does not relegate my words to the nearest e-trashcan. On the contrary, it is precisely the subjective experiences for which so many hold disdain that affords me any readership at all. My sensory experience is really all I have to contribute, as any knowledge of universal consequence seems to already exist elsewhere.
I say this simply to alert you to the fact that reading anything I write will rarely teach you anything about life. Instead, you must be content to simply learn about me.
At any rate...
4 comments:
in all truth, the greatest men, with the greatest minds, decided that we needed to know about their daily lives. take augustine, we have a book on his life(confessions). he gave it as an example. it's from their lives that we learn.
maybe all your blog readers can learn not only a little about you, but also a little from you. keep it up.
Interesting people do everything in an interesting way, Stefan. It would probably be more fulfilling to watch you brush your teeth than to watch the next man brush his.
Col. 2:11. That is all.
boring.........j/k I hope things are well for down in Texas and that you are spiritualizing the youths.
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