:: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 ::

"Although I've said too much, I haven't said enough..." (REM)

A topic that's been resurfacing a good deal lately is honesty. Over the summer, I put a lot of thought into the concept as a whole -- is there such a thing as being too honest? Does it necessarily accomplish more harm than good to be completely transparent?
The subject has come up recently on Amy's blog about how much to say online. If I'm vague and impersonal, then there will be an element of pointless mystery. If I give ordinary facts about my life, then nothing distinguishes me from any other Joe Schmoe in the online world. If I admit when I'm not doing so great, or explain when my universe is glowing... show my real self without fearing who will see it... then I am able to inspire and connect. It's my blog anyway!
However, it seems many people are against the idea of complete openness. I can't figure out if that is legitimate wisdom or just conventionality. I wouldn't consider myself a hard-core liberal, and oftentimes I feel like a Piglet facing "H-h-h-heffalumps and w-woozles!", but I am gung ho about disobeying tradition. The Tevye's of the world and I do not exactly get along.
So where do I go from here? Keep it down to a light-hearted surface scratching? Show some deeper excavations and risk "brutal honesty"? May the audience have the last word.

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