tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post7727430448902812227..comments2009-05-29T06:21:18.516-04:00SereneBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07125962568631763164noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578699.post-62762283937858063702009-05-29T06:21:18.516-04:002009-05-29T06:21:18.516-04:00I am in awe. <br /><br />I enjoy art ("art", whatever -- creating something just for the sake of creating it), but I pretty well suck. It's ok, not a talent of mine, I'm fine with that. But I'm always impressed when some can create something beautiful like that. Neato. <br /><br />For the rest, I really appreciate your reflections on social media. I too have had similar experience, in that it was blogging that got me writing again, and has me honing my feminist and intersectionalist lens, so I literally can see things I was blind to before, and have the words where I was mute before. <br /><br />When people start bemoaning the downfall of culture/conversation/civilization thanks to social media, I like to remember that the same predictions were made after the introduction of the telephone. It changes things, yea, and brings bad as well as good, but the end of everything? Even the end of deep and meaningful connections? Please. Sure, they maybe used to talk to neighbours more, but I guarantee my great grandmothers also had a list a thousand times as long as mine of subjects We Do Not Speak Of. The conflict between depth and civility of conversation is nothing new in human history.Arwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906850529651256981noreply@blogger.com