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I was thinking about writing in the public domain, and how mine is mostly hidden between the covers of books and journals in formats which assume a certain kind of readership and address relatively narrow concerns. I don't think I have much else in the public domain (although there's plenty of everyday writing for private, interpersonal or closed groups). So, blogging is another dimension altogether. And it's not really about staring at a blank page, or breaking a long silence, but more like adding a piece to a kaleidoscope of ongoing patterns. Nevertheless there still is a sense in which you are sticking your neck out, gaining public space.

Dr Joolz said that to blog is to be brave. I chuckled at the time, thinking perhaps it was just her way of putting things, but on reflection she's right. Sticking your neck out is brave (although the consequences are unlikely to be guillotining!. It's particularly brave when you broach sensitive or new topics. Dr Joolz's disclosure (15 March) is like that, I think. That's brave and that's going public in a really interesting way. I mean where else could you write something like that?

# posted by blogger @ 1:27 AM