"Je pense donc je suis."- Descartes.
My friend Dan, who has B.O. the moment he steps out of the shower, used to say: Je pu donc je suis. (Yes: I stink therefore I am.) True enough for an existentialist. And then it became, Je pu donc je suis Dan.
Je suis means I am, but it could mean: I follow, just the same. (Suivre: to follow) You could say, “Je suis ce blog.” I follow this blog or it could mean, I am this blog, which is borderline creepy.
I am me and I follow myself could both be: Je suis moi or you could say: Je me suis, if you wanted to, but most people don’t. I certainly don’t; I mean I don’t walk down the street and say, “I am me!”
Okay sometimes I do when I am weak and lonely and unsure of myself and gray clouds come to suffocate me, then I look at myself and I say to myself, “Self,” and my Self says, “What?” And then I’m a-O-k.
So blogging is like bad sci-fi, only you made it up, sort of. By blogging, you’re following yourself. I guess you could look at it in a metaphysical “follow your bliss” kind of way, sure; but Joseph Campbell never blogged and nor did Descartes. All of which brings you back to wondering if no one is following your blog then no one is reading your blog and if no one is reading your blog then why write it?
Because blogging is about getting published or noticed but isn’t a blog published? And if you published it then you could say:
Je blog donc je suis.
Oh and I have a website: http://www.crimetravelers.com/#!books-for-reluctant-readers/c22m2
Je suis means I am, but it could mean: I follow, just the same. (Suivre: to follow) You could say, “Je suis ce blog.” I follow this blog or it could mean, I am this blog, which is borderline creepy.
I am me and I follow myself could both be: Je suis moi or you could say: Je me suis, if you wanted to, but most people don’t. I certainly don’t; I mean I don’t walk down the street and say, “I am me!”
Okay sometimes I do when I am weak and lonely and unsure of myself and gray clouds come to suffocate me, then I look at myself and I say to myself, “Self,” and my Self says, “What?” And then I’m a-O-k.
So blogging is like bad sci-fi, only you made it up, sort of. By blogging, you’re following yourself. I guess you could look at it in a metaphysical “follow your bliss” kind of way, sure; but Joseph Campbell never blogged and nor did Descartes. All of which brings you back to wondering if no one is following your blog then no one is reading your blog and if no one is reading your blog then why write it?
Because blogging is about getting published or noticed but isn’t a blog published? And if you published it then you could say:
Je blog donc je suis.
Oh and I have a website: http://www.crimetravelers.com/#!books-for-reluctant-readers/c22m2
8 comments:
Woo Hoo! Welcome to the blogosphere :-)
I see that you are following your own blog . . . thus, the circle continues.
And if your blog fell into the forest and no one was around to hear it drop, would it make a sound?
Welcome to my subculture--sf
exactly.
Love the "existentialism" tag. I see you plan to start a series
I typed my comment, and then looked up to see that it was the EXACT same thing Katie typed. So...what she said!
i always thought it was "i stink therefore i'm dan," which was always confusing to me b/c when i stunk i knew i wasnt dan b/c i was taller than him
Not to take the focus away from you,Paul, and your cyber navel conteplating, but I wish you had put the "I stink" thing in the past ense" I don't stink anymore- until after I brush my teeth!
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