The Difference Between Ranting and Musing

I have been reading other blogs. Some of them are just letting off steam, some are very thought provoking. Makes me think about the difference between ranting and musing. I found a Philipino woman writing an English language blog in Holland – about Dutch Cheese Heads ! She’s very funny. Someone else who loathes diaries but was inspired to start hers because of William Gibson’s – she’s concerned about memes. Someone else who was just about 11 years old or so and just slagged off the friends he made online who were not sufficiently socially skilled to impress him. There’s a millions of us out here, tap-tap-tapping away, ranting, musing and coming over all verbal.

Now, I have committed a cardinal sin, surely – a blog entry about blogs ? No I think not. I studied art, art about art is valid self-reflection, completely fine once in a while. Just as long as it doesn’t become too internal.

Speaking of art:

There. Now I feel better.