Is that what your saying, Bets?

But sometimes is less frequently than most times, I suppose. [grin]

Why we do most things, perhaps, is not as clear to us as we might know or be willing to admit – even to ourselves.

I can say for sure that none of us put things out there in the public, just because. Or from a joi de vivre.

Your comments always succeed in making me think deeper, Bets! Thank you.

Regarding business and blogging, you just need to get a business going…

Like you, Stan, I do nothing with innocence. I am now too old and have seen too much to remain innocent. I cling to a little hope that someone will be touched by what I write and respond to it. Sometimes that happens.

1. If blogging is art and replaces the novel, it does so not because the novel is broken (in fact, people may be broken and they can’t read uncrowded texts), but because blogging is superior to the novel. And, perhaps, if the superiority of blogging shall be asserted with defiant, raised fists – that superiority will be identified in its connective, collaborative, and celebratory functions.

2. Must blogging be art to be worthwhile? In other words, is blogging as Kitsch and kitchen sink… irrelevant to the human person and Destiny – regardless of its economic function. Or can blogging be art, kitsch and the kitchen sink all at the same time – without fear of the larger ambiguity of it all being comically characterized as pig slop?

3. Last but not least, is the economic dimension of self separable from our individuation, spirituality and Destiny? If it is not, than economic interest is as important in describing our existential situation as, for example, the virtues – love, hope, and friendship (among others).

Can I answer “these intimate questions in a manner that speaks to beauty and consoles the human heart?”

Nope…I will leave that to others heavy hearted and answer it thusly — bring it back to your business. Is there a purpose and has that purpose extinguished?