Why Write?

[egeria61]

I've been reading about the emergence of privacy (in letters and journals) and this got me thinking: why do we write?

I find great satisfaction in keeping a journal, but record-keeping is only a small part of that satisfaction.  According to Boswell, his journal was mainly a way of learning more about himself and evaluating himself from a more

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[metatxt]

Is writing any LESS frail and variable than memory?

Good point! Maybe writing isn't so much a means to preserve the way things were because "memory is so frail and variable," so much as a means to preserve our perceptions and subjectivity in the moment.

[egeria61]

I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH! Not that we need reasons, but here they are: 1) You have a Dollhouse icon, 2) you just completed my scattered thoughts. I made this post in a blah kind of mood, you know, not too ambitious. This preserving our perceptions and subjectivity in the moment is interesting, because it DOES give writing an aspect of stability, yet also allows it to be subjective. *hugs you*

Thanks for the oxygen! :D

I'm working backwards on your comments. Dialogue is a beautful thing. Yay! (And a great break from what I've been doing the last 3 days: moving into a new apartment! The new place is fantastic and pretty much ideal, but omgs I'm TIRED!) xoxoxoxo

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*SQUEE* I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH TOO! i hadn't much thought about this until you posted it and then well... I have to confess something:

see this part here because it DOES give writing an aspect of stability, yet also allows it to be subjective

so um - I try and make theory fit what I want it to do. *shhh* don't tell. >.>

congrats on moving! though zomg that is sooo much work. nesting <3 so I kinda embedded a housewarming present... uh ok it's not exactly "warming" and you might've seen it. but it's an awesome Kara/Leoben vid! and they mention the word "house" :P

[egeria61]

Thanks for the housewarming vid! Well, yes, it's not warming, and let's hope my house is happier than Kara/Leoben's (which shouldn't be hard to accomplish). I mean, really. I just have to keep all the steak knives under lock and key, and avoid small children on the stairwell. Very sad that I unpacked everything, then had to leave right away. I headed south to Kentucky, to stay with my grandma for the week while my dad's out of town. Then more hanging out with my dad, and then back to the new apartment for the beginning of the semester. Yikes!

How are you doing after the earthquake? I thought of you when I heard the news!

I try and make theory fit what I want it to do. LOL. So, you're working backwards? (You first reach the conclusion that writing is both subjective and flexible in its stability, and then figure out why.) Ha! That makes me smile.

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LOLz small children and stairwells should always be avoided. btw, I don't know that there IS a BSG video that shows what a warm home to be like*, but it that vid is kinda crack!tastic sooo I hadda pass it along. (sidenote: are there any good shows with warm homes?)

wow! that's a lot of travel! sounds like it should be fun though. totally jealous of your visit to Kentucky. completely and utterly jealous. so many cool things to do and it's soo pretty.

fine, thanks :D we didn't feel the earthquake at all up here :( LA is 6 hrs away (roughly 380mi). Kinda bummed. It's the perfect sized earthquake - large enough to be really fun, small enough there's little damage or danger.

glad you dig it! but, oh gosh this just sounds worse and worse (I feel like I'm tempting flogging from the academic establishment)... working backwards, more like coming up for theoretical justification for my subjective pov, which yknow, equates to theory being slave to my desire. so yknow, fancy rationalizing. *eep* nope, there is no way to make this sound

[egeria61]

It cracks ME up that you think Kentucky is cool. (Home state and all. I love it, but yah.)

PS-Did you see the new X-Files movie? I haven't yet, but wonder what you think of it?

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I lived in Nashville. Kentucky is where you weekend/cut class, so I was only there in the best of circumstances :D Only fantastic memories there. ok some were hilarious - like actually staying at the WigWam Village on my drive back to school, but still, pretty cool state.

I loved it! I know a lot of fans had issue with it for several reasons, but imo, those reasons should've been expected. The film didn't undo the disaster of the series finale, but it went a long way with me. and there was a *lot* of fan service. Only major gripes: Scully's hair was wayyyy too long, and some oddly placed gay context with the villains that felt like they were fighting the clock trying to "update" the XF. Still - nice to have something other than the series finale as a bookend.