This is why I am merely starting with a text based blog, because while I am pained to say it literature is dead as a way of communication. One hundred years ago writers were able to interact with the world through the use of written word. Now, however, digital has taken over. Things like YouTube are more a part of the general public's lives than anything else in the world. It helps politicians win elections, encourages people to donate to charity, gives us advice on which films we should see and what x-box games are worth playing.
Don't misunderstand me here. I'm not complaining. I embrace all technology and use it just as much as everyone else. I've had a YouTube account for coming up on 4 years now (I've uploaded less than half a dozen videos but thats another matter) and love the idea that it is now so much easier to communicate with the world.
I suppose that this blog, to me at least, is just my way of acknowledging the passing of the literary world. While I will eventually get to making a v-log (and it will most likely be unsuccessful) this blog will remain just because I refuse to abandon writing altogether.
Much love to those few people who actually decide to read this :P
Now I must finish watching Canada beat USA in Ice Hockey!
Good. All of Life is an Experiment -- to see how it turns out. Since it is always "turning out", there can be no failures.
ReplyDeleteYou asked for my feedback, so here goes.
I disagree with you that Literature is dead. Take a peep into any bookshop or website for chrissake! Literature is just reinventing its role, that's all.
I'm ancient enough to remember a time before TV and the Internet. Radio was the great medium them, and families gathered around the AWA to be entertained. When TV and other trinkets erupted onto the scene, radio did not disappear. It moved from the foregound into the Whole Picture, and found its place as the uniquely effective medium that it is.
Don't despair about literature at the hands of movies and TV. Producers of those media get their inspiration, ideas and stories from literature. We go to Uni and immerse ourselves in literature so that we can benefit from someone else's experience. The wheel does not have to be reinvented every generation.
We also turn to literature to find purpose and meaning from an ingestion and interaction with our cultural myths and legends.
Good writing is always eagerly sought. Literature is like a gathering around the campfire at night, where pilgrims gather and share their experiences of the days just passed. We will not live long enough to do it all ourselves.
As humans, we all have this same limitation -- we cannot see the Whole Thing at once. We have to jump around from one viewpoint to another to get different perspectives. The more we jump around, the more views we get, and the fuller the panorama becomes. But we can't cover it all -- we're not here long enough for that. That's why we were given the gift of communication.
Literature allows us to dwell on, and revisit experience in changing contexts. Literature is redolent with nourishment for the soul. Note what books people choose to keep when they've finished reading them.
Writing is a noble calling. You have it in your genes. Honour it. Add to it. And let the rest take care of itself.