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"I'm No Voyeur"
I had an interesting conversation with a friend today. Last week I told him about my blogging and he got interested enough to ask about the URL. I thought, “Well, I have made another convert into the blogging world” but that was not the case.
We talk about it and it turns out he was embarrassed to read the entries. “Reading news articles and political discussions are one thing, but how can anyone just be so open to just put down all their feelings for everyone to read?” He could not understand what draws people to blogging.
After a few minutes I told him that for me it was a way of sorting out my thought, get the issues that are bothering me off my mind. It was a creative escape too and it is certainly cheaper than therapy. He still didn’t get it.
Was the personal aspect that he found objectionable? I would suspect that he is not comfortable talking about himself and that led to the uncomfortable feelings. Maybe he identified too much, maybe he should seek therapy.
But I have to admit, there is a voyeuristic nature to reading blogs. It is one of those things that titillates us and some of us are drawn to it. We are after all voyeurs into another’s thoughts when we read them. When I read blogs I know I identify with many of the thoughts and feeling that are written, and maybe I learn something about myself when I read them.
What do you think draws us to the blogs? Why are we reading other peoples deepest confessions?
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