One thing I’ve noticed about blogging — or just being in the blogosphere in general (via Tumblr, Twitter, FB, Linked In and of course trying to post something at least a ‘lil mngful’ every day) is that it’s easy to construct a ‘persona’ that may or may not share certain elements with the person you are ‘in real life’ but which some percentage of readers will grasp on to and perhaps attempt to align with their own philosophy about how the world works (or should work), i.e., via an imagined alignment of ‘personal brands.’
This identification with someone’s writing or photography — which creates the illusion of some kind of ‘real’ relationship, perhaps even more than say, listening to mngful song lyrics by one of your favorite bands — can breed extremes of infatuation and then contempt, both of which are a little exhilarating/frightening to consider. Because this blog is my ‘brand,’ it entails a certain ambivalence about the fate of others, even as I ask u to ‘follow me’ and ‘<3/reblog’ (as I do for others). Which is all to say that when I write about feeling sorry to have disappointed you, I may or may not actually be sorry at all.
This is a post abt ‘forgiveness.’
