Saturday 3 November 2007

Do we write to remember or to construct?

When we write down personal stories and our everyday lives in offline diaries, do we write to later on remember or to construct an image of ourselves for ourselves to identify with now? or, do we ultimately do it as a way to leave a trace/proof of our existence in the world.

Online diaries and web presence is different I guess. In those, the main objective is to create a public image of ourselves, and to leave instant trace.

Diaries and personal blogs interest me because in many occasions by reading them I understood more of who I was, by the words of another.


P.d.: I got thinking on this theme from reading a blog entry from Ana (overpills)
http://halfbakedmedia.com/ana/?p=19

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