Comments on: Exposure http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/04/12/exposure/ Making it up as I go along. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maggie http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/04/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Maggie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.niceperson.org/wordpress/2003/04/12/exposure/#comment-108 I know about the cringe effect! Happens everytime an acquaintence of mine tells me she's read my .plan. Even if they thought what I said was clever or funny or poetic, I can't help but feel my private sphere has been invaded. I write not for the 20+ people who read my .plan but for a few of my closest friends who might actually care about my life and its gorey details. It is simply too time-consuming to go through sequentially each person who might stumble upon my .plan, and predict each possible reaction before posting. I think the main problem with exposure is not the danger of TMI, but of being forced to put your shoes on, tied your hair back, stand up straight and generally be presentable to a larger audience. I don't want my writing style to be impeccable, because I have three minutes between classes to tell you the latest movement of my soul, and writing 'in the raw' is often more inspired than a painstakingly refined document. Oh yeah, and I'm not writing for posterity either. My state of being is such a fluid thing that rapid brush-strokes are probably more accurate than well-archived completed works. Yup. That's all I have to say about that! yours, mkt. I know about the cringe effect! Happens everytime an acquaintence of mine tells me she's read my .plan. Even if they thought what I said was clever or funny or poetic, I can't help but feel my private sphere has been invaded. I write not for the 20+ people who read my .plan but for a few of my closest friends who might actually care about my life and its gorey details. It is simply too time-consuming to go through sequentially each person who might stumble upon my .plan, and predict each possible reaction before posting. I think the main problem with exposure is not the danger of TMI, but of being forced to put your shoes on, tied your hair back, stand up straight and generally be presentable to a larger audience. I don't want my writing style to be impeccable, because I have three minutes between classes to tell you the latest movement of my soul, and writing 'in the raw' is often more inspired than a painstakingly refined document. Oh yeah, and I'm not writing for posterity either. My state of being is such a fluid thing that rapid brush-strokes are probably more accurate than well-archived completed works. Yup. That's all I have to say about that! yours, mkt.

]]> By: bent back tulips http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/04/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-109 bent back tulips Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.niceperson.org/wordpress/2003/04/12/exposure/#comment-109 <strong>The muse and the notebook</strong> I have a reading bug, a fact which may not be a surprise to those who are regular readers of this weblog. However, not content with that, I now appear to have caught the writing bug as well. The vast... The muse and the notebook

I have a reading bug, a fact which may not be a surprise to those who are regular readers of this weblog. However, not content with that, I now appear to have caught the writing bug as well. The vast...

]]> By: bent back tulips http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/04/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-110 bent back tulips Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.niceperson.org/wordpress/2003/04/12/exposure/#comment-110 <strong>The muse and the notebook</strong> I have a reading bug, a fact which may not be a surprise to those who are regular readers of this weblog. However, not content with that, I now appear to have caught the writing bug as well. The vast... The muse and the notebook

I have a reading bug, a fact which may not be a surprise to those who are regular readers of this weblog. However, not content with that, I now appear to have caught the writing bug as well. The vast...

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