Communication

I forgot to say why my last had its title 'Dublin Damnation'. I know a man who is writing a book, a memoir, and he wanted a title and I thought of that one. He likes it.

The question 'why' looms large. Why does a person wish to blog? To communicate. Communication is a two-way process. A blog is a modern means of communication, the means does not matter, the end does, and the end is communication.

To a beginner, 'how' is an important question. The six questions of Rudyard Kipling need answering, but 'why' is all important.

Freedom is the overriding characteristic of a blog, the freedom to be oneself and express oneself. One realises that, but still must ask those questions, 'how' and 'what'. The answers to those questions are technical ones. As my mother said, first one masters technique, then one expresses feeling.

Neither a blog nor anything else should be treated as an end in itself, that way lies damnation, in the eyes of others if nowhere else.

In discovering how to do anything, we discover ourselves.

Bye,

Uncle Aesop