tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14748735.post3831649663674568012..comments2024-03-08T05:30:05.225-05:00Comments on Ellouisestory: Wednesday - Storytelling and ArtELLOUISESTORYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524893156201808778noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14748735.post-69634505972212095432009-09-24T07:28:30.803-04:002009-09-24T07:28:30.803-04:00Obviously, given their popularity, Twitter and Fac...Obviously, given their popularity, Twitter and Facebook have become huge successes, both commercially and socially. They are both the ultimate tools for ‘social networking’ in my opinion. But in my later years I have become a bit more reclusive and socially inactive to a large degree – and that by choice I might add. When I was younger, socially active and behaving myself, I am sure I would have loved Twitter and Facebook. In fact, being a part-time musician I know I would have. But these days…..unless someone might be interested in the fact that I was dealing with diarrhea again this morning or was heading out for a colonoscopy, I don’t think it would serve any real purpose in my life or in the life of others.<br /><br />As you and your two previous commenters have noted, blogging leaves some measure of a legacy behind – some insight into who you were. I sometimes think of personal blogs and journals as “biographical scrapbooks”. Many of us have kept scrapbooks, usually when we were younger and loved sharing them with friends and family. Few of us will ever have cause to sit down and write an autobiography but as previously stated, blogs and journals help us to leave snapshots of our loves, our pains and our joys. Blogs and journals usually lack cohesiveness, but all the bits and pieces are there.Alan Ghttp://www.cyberspacedawdler.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14748735.post-35141764272381190902009-09-23T21:14:54.358-04:002009-09-23T21:14:54.358-04:00Two great comments that extend what I am saying ab...Two great comments that extend what I am saying about writing on a blog.ELLOUISESTORYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524893156201808778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14748735.post-61432993754646939552009-09-23T20:58:05.537-04:002009-09-23T20:58:05.537-04:00Harvey says it well. MY blog is an online journal,...Harvey says it well. MY blog is an online journal, a snapshot of my lifeeach day. I have far more i'd like to put on it, but there is never enough time. I started out thinking it would be a way for my sons and farflung family to keep up with me, but instead it has become much more--a place to meet and make friends, to share ideas, to laugh, to create and explore. <br /><br />I always enjoy your artwork and insights on your storytelling. It's wonderful to be able to stay in touch with what you're up to, even from a distance.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14748735.post-16889922688798749672009-09-23T11:46:03.216-04:002009-09-23T11:46:03.216-04:00Your blog also becomes your history and a tool to ...Your blog also becomes your history and a tool to teach others. For now it may be only for you, but at some point it is a piece of your legacy. As a teacher I kept journals for each of the 33 years that I taught. They were for myself. But I could use them to refer to and connect with others that experienced things that I had. In fact I made copies of my first year teaching journal and gave them to all new teachers when they were hired. It helped ease their transition into teaching.<br />Right now they just sit on my shelf, but they are my history. My son may not know much about my teaching career, but some day should he choose to read my journals he will get a better understanding of the person I am/was. In essence those journals were my Blog. <br /><br />Harvey Heilbrun<br />website: www.hdhstory.net<br />Blog: www.hdhstory.net/StoryblogHarvey Heilbrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330569284596733862noreply@blogger.com