The culture and nature of blogging

I’m relatively new to the world of blogging. I even had to look the word up: web-log. I am captivated and intrigued by the whole idea of blogging. The philosophy, the community and the absence of borders, are all dissertation-worthy topics.
Specifically, I am drawn in by two things:

First, the blogging culture is postmodern, even post-human. The only parts of our bodies that are needed are our mind, and our fingers. Everything else is hyper-real, nebulous and without structure as we are used to it. The pre-condition of the internet collapses time and distance. The blogging culture is real-time.

The second thing is the nature of blogging or journaling. We have a soap-box in our little corner of the world-wide-web. We post our silly thoughts, fears, things that piss us off… we send them out into the great beyond. (As a side note, I’m also intrigued by subconscious self-editing, dramatic embellishment and even self-censorship as a part of blog authorship.) Later, we hear a voice in the distance… “I know what you mean.” The spark of a common thread, and a relationship begins. This relationship knows only the psychic boundaries of each individual. There is no distance; no time changes; even no physical body anchored in the real-world. Just thoughts, passed through fingers, then digitized by a keyboard, and sent through wires as electronic impulses.

We nurture these relationships. We get to know each other, and foster connections. We miss our usual reads when they don’t post. If I haven’t posted, I begin with an apology—a reason or excuse, and then we catch up.