I have been watching a series of programmes that were on BBC4 (I downloaded them from BBCiplayer – still available I suspect). So far I have watched the first two – absolutely fascinating. They explore the people, what makes a diarist write, and the interviewers ask insightful questions about character, motivation and literary worth. Of course a blog is not a diary, as the latter is not intended for publication (unless one is a politician or celebrity of some kind), but a blog does have certain characteristics in common. What fascinates me is the ordinary minutiae of life described within the context of the diarist’s thoughts, feelings and disposition.
Above all, it is an exercise in making sense of oneself and the world in which we live.
Keep blogging and keep writing. It makes life more fun.
Concise and encouraging. Blogging does, indeed, make life more interesting for me. I think that is because it makes me pay more attention, even to the “ordinary minutiae.”