Dissensus Blogs

[shiels]

This is a great idea. I’d get involved if it’s happening. I was thinking of a writing group to spur me on but the possibility of a dialogue with people who share my interests is more exciting

 

[luka]

This is a great idea. I’d get involved if it’s happening. I was thinking of a writing group to spur me on but the possibility of a dialogue with people who share my interests is more exciting

Bartys made the first move.

 

[shiels]

Bartys made the first move.

with thirdform's brief or his own?

 

[luka]

His own

 

[luka]

I really want to start again but it's so hard

 

[pattycakes_]

What benefits do you get from blogging? Genuine question.

 

[luka]

What benefits do you get from blogging? Genuine question.

For me it made me new friends, two of whom went on to found this place. It got me writing on a daily basis. It gave me people to test out my ideas with. An audience. and I became their audience. Reading what they wrote.

 

[luka]

It was good fun. It's the closest thing, along with this place sometimes, I've got to feeling I was part of a 'scene' something with positive feedback loops of excitement and intensity and that

 

[shiels]

Yeah I see that. I enjoy a fight or an explanation, I need the conversation, I need to be provoked into a splurge and then told where i’m talking shite.

 

[luka]

I need the conversation too. It's impossible to think without it.

 

[luka]

The conversation, or conversations, are always active, under the surface. The mind is thinking them through while you're not paying attention. That's why you need them. Otherwise, what is there? Why would any ideas be generated.

 

[luka]

One of the problems for me is, can I go back to that slower speed? When I'm used to this place, can I go back in time. Can I wait till I've gathered enough material before posting? Can I be bothered?

 

[luka]

That's something about essays which disgusts me. They seem really dishonest. They make me want to puke. So there's also the question of whether that is a healthy instinct which I should respect or if that's something I should fight against.

 

[luka]

I think probably the right thing would be to try and do it. But what would I write about? id have to find something that I'm excited about and that I haven't succeeded in fully thinking through. To allow for a sense of discovery while writing.

 

[craner]

That's something about essays which disgusts me. They seem really dishonest. They make me want to puke. So there's also the question of whether that is a healthy instinct which I should respect or if that's something I should fight against.

Thanks, pal.

 

[pattycakes_]

I think probably the right thing would be to try and do it. But what would I write about? id have to find something that I'm excited about and that I haven't succeeded in fully thinking through. To allow for a sense of discovery while writing.

Maybe write about exactly that. All meta n shit.

 

[luka]

Thanks, pal.

Not having a pop at you. My New Years resolution forbids it.

 

[craner]

You just said my essays make you want to puke.

 

[craner]

And that they're "dishonest"!

 

[luka]

The thought of writing my own essays makes me want to puke. Adopting that role. The slick explainer.