Today is more for thought cyberspacers.
For weeks I've been trying to think of how to talk about my blog title and the URL for it.
By this point I believe that the majority of you understand the title of "Thoughts from a Scattered Mind" already. It's referencing the idea that my mind often switches from one idea to the next almost to the point that I often have trouble focusing on one thing for very long. The writing this class has pushed me into seems at times as if it is actually helping my attention span. It's not as if I feel that my writing has improved by much, or my focus on a singular topic is lasting much longer, but writing is actually enjoyable again. There was a long period of time where I didn't enjoy writing anymore. I just didn't get at as much enjoyment from it as I did from acting, or sometimes drawing. I'm not sure why or how this happened, but I'm happy that I have gone back to being happy when I write. It's not like most of the work isn't being shredded or destroyed still, but more is being kept than before. So the title of "Thoughts from a Scattered Mind" is rather clear.
The URL is more complicated. I can't remember why I chose it at the time. Now I believe that the e-lies title I use in my URL has something to do with the fact that there are a large number of people on the internet that lie. They lie about their age, their height, their hobbies, their lives, and at times these things that they lie about can become poisonous to themselves or many others. People lie in their daily lives even about a large multitude of things. I believe this title was achieved due to the fact that I'm so damn tired of a large multitude of those lies. Saying that I am not a perpetrator of these lies would be a lie in and of itself. Everyone tells lies. Whether it is the keeping the magic of Santa Claus alive, or telling a child that their hamster ran away, or something much larger and much more virile. This title was reached by how fed up I am with these lies. The little white lies that are perpetuated to keep a child's hopes and dreams alive are for the most part fine. Other than that, these lies are starting to drive me insane. So the thought was that I will not be a perpetrator of these lies, I will not tell them to others and I will not put up with them either. So there is the truth behind the e-lies. It's almost sarcasm, I'm calling it electronic lies, but I refuse to tell them to the unseeing eye.
So there you go cyberspacers, I hope you enjoyed my explanation.
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I really like your reflection about your writing and the origination of your title. That kind of thoughtfulness at this stage in the game is really helpful and mature. I like VERY much that the writing experience for you has shifted. You write with voice and vigor and perhaps some of the joy you have with blogging with now extend to your formal writing-- through connections you make to the topic.
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