Biases of Blogging

Previously, in a post reflecting on Harris’ text on rewriting, I pointed out that while in rewriting you are commenting on the other person’s idea and reflecting on them but also that blogs have become a sort of reflection or rewriting of your own life. While, I felt I made my point clear in the previous publication, I felt there were areas in which I would expand a bit more.

In his book Rewriting, Harris comments on the ability of writers to expand upon another’s work. The beauty of writing is that to each person a simply sentence, even a simply word, has a slightly different interpretation from person to person. Each person’s biases add to the meaning of certain texts whether we are aware of it or not.  Harris explains that to when reflecting on a piece, it is important to point out your personal interpretation of the text and the different meaning that could come of the piece. When reading a reflecting it is more interesting to learn of others different perspectives rather than simply getting the context of the piece. The same is true with blogs. While you can write a paper about a reflection of a piece or an article, in a way blogs are a way for people to reflect on the world and their daily life. In a sense our blogs are a inside look at your personal biases in daily life and commenting on how those effect how you perceive the world.  Even when not comment about events in the world a person can get a glimpse of who you are as a person just by reading what you have to say on your blog that day. Upon reflection of my own blogging I have come to realize that even subconsciously the blog that are posted say a tremendous amount about us. Just based on the pieces of the articles that we have reflected on you can understand what the importance of certain things to a person. In this way, blogging not only becomes a reflection on certain articles but a reflection of one’s life, an insight to one’s personal intrigues, biases and personality.