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carolcatherine | Ann Arbor, MI • United States , Age 25

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well. every beginning has a beginning.

Nov 11, 2007 - 18:01 PM PST

i feel as though i have to justify this somehow...i was browsing through myspace and i clicked on a sort of link i never click on...one of those "cool new video" links. i've been trying to, well, try new things. how that translated to "browsing" on myspace i'm not sure. i'm going with the flow here.

so, i ended up here, and i'm going to try to start sharing some things, like my poetry, and maybe some drawings if i can figure out how to get them up here. makes me wish i wasn't stuck in the technology of ten years ago...but i do feel as though i've progressed as much as i am going to as regards my interest in technology. sure, i have an iPod, and a macbook, even a scanner! digital camera? nope. do i even know how to scan something in? not really. part of me feels that this is a false canvas, the internet i mean, even computers in general. but then, here i am.

so. meet me. carol. prepare to be intrigued. or not.

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Nov 17, 2007 - 11:44 AM

I know what you mean about this changing the way we communicate and there being a sort of wall between us. I rarely show my art to those around me. I keep it hidden if I keep it at all. But I wanted to break out of that. For me it feels like this is sort of a safe place to reveal yourself, I guess because of that wall. I dont think it feels false neccessarily. If someone reviews you work harshly it is easier to brush it off than if it were a friend and you can maybe learn from it with a bit of detachment. On the flip side since more people are viewing your work you are likely to recieve more praise, which makes you(or at least me) more motivated to keep creating that type of art. This whole experience has been nothing but positive for me so far so I'm glad I put myself out there. I'm sure you'll find the same. Thank you for sharing yourself with us!

carolcathe...

Nov 15, 2007 - 09:32 AM

i guess i mean, it forces us to communicate through a wall. the internet. maybe any canvas. any expression of art that isn't face to face. theater is very close to my heart for that reason. i don't mean that visual art of any kind is less art-y than physical art....

i think what i mean is this. one of the functions of the internet is to communicate. and i do that. effortlessly, almost, with total strangers sometimes (you, reader, being one) and yet in "reality", i do not do this, would never do this.

so i guess i mean for me specifically. i don't hate the internet. plenty of good can come from the internet. but i think it is changing the way we communicate, the way i communicate, and it's scary to think that i can write poetry, and care about it, and not show it to the people i care about, but put it up here. does that seem false to anyone else?