Sometimes simple telephonic conversations can trigger a strange chain of thoughts, the following bit of talking got me to write this post…here’s how:

“So when are you giving me that guest post you’ve promised?” she asked annoyed a  bit at my tardiness .

“I will…..soon, I promise, I’ve written it half already but well…“

“It won’t hurt if you’ll cut an hour off your sleep…you lazy bones” she admonished me…

“Oh no! no …this time it’s not about being lazy…it’s about well not feeling like writing….you know after what I wrote about words not being effective?” I tried to explain the muddled state of my mind…

“Well it just means you are normal. Btw you know of late I’ve been observing that ______’s blog has become a bit dry and. _________’s blog is also becoming very impersonal” she paused and after contemplating a second she said ” You know as the popularity of their blog have risen so have the topics become more generalized, I  even see myself doing that gradually……..”

When I had hung up after half an hour of playful bantering I thought back to what she had said, the continual philosopher that she is, she tends to say quite weighty things sometimes, like for instance her mentioning:

” I think that as the popularity of the blog grows so do your limitations, you have to be careful about what you write!”

It’s funny how what we write might directly or indirectly reflect what sort of people we are, what we think, what are our opinions and when this thing goes public even beyond borders….our liberty to be expressive at ease is arrested….kinda like with the famous personalities and paparazzi. With their every move being watched, the high and mighty often lose the originality of their expressions, it all becomes rehearsed and poised…how horrible!

However there is also another side to this as there always is to everything….to people who don’t know you they may see you or try to see you only through the eyes of what you write….and it is so easy for anyone to look cool or serious or funny or sensitive when you are not present in person. I mean it’s so easy to make yourself known as an entirely another person to the people who may not know you or barely know you….but the decision that if it is the real ‘you’ or the ‘you’ you want to be known to the world is left upon the discretion of the readers.

But the question remains that do you care?

Would it bother you if people who don’t know you would start making assumptions about you?

Would you still keep writing or posting what you feel or think?

Let’s face it, once you’re on the web…you are then public property , to be thought about or analyzed in several different ways as there are different people.

As far as my opinion is concerned, it’s more about drawing the line in between what you think needs to go online and what is supposed to stay personal even when veiled under quotes and fiction….this world is a small place and you don’t want yourself being so transparent that every Tom, Dick and Harry would know about your who, what, where and when!

It’s a strange and kind of boring debate I got myself into but what the heck isn’t blogging all about sharing your ideas and opinions so that you not only get things off your system but are able to have a second opinion about them too?