Read Joan Didion's "On Keeping a Notebook," on pg. 75 in your yellow Seagull Reader book. Done? Good.
Now I want you to talk about the idea of keeping a notebook (or, as we're 40-some years after she wrote this essay, a blog). Is it about "keeping in touch" as Didion says? Is it usually an exercise in narcissism? Do you keep a notebook (or blog) yourself? How do other forms of social media fit in? Do they change the way we record the world around us in a way that was unavailable to Didion in the 1960s? Or is it accomplishing the same thing?
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As an art student I have regularly kept a journal. It gives me perspective and inspiration. Being able to reflect on the world around you at a later date is truly refreshing. I also participate in social media. I feel that my tweets are a bit narassistic. It seems that I am bragging about my great life and all the places I visit and the food I eat. I use facebook to record the world around me. I feel that this is the same thing that was going on back in Didions day.
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