A blog, I think, is like a garden and should be tended frequently. I, however, am finding it difficult to tend the blog with appropriate frequency. (This should come as no surprise. I specialize in overthinking the straightforward and generally making things difficult.) Perhaps Sam Johnson and his assertion that conversation should be about matters public and that question-answer is not a suitable form of address has shaped me more than I like. Or, in twenty-first century parlance, blogging is embarrassing because I'm not broadly (or deeply) thought enough to converse about a matter without making it "about me." Huh.
When I'm intimidated by a task, I usually make lists that break projects into component parts and tackle the parts. So, here is a list of topics I'm interested in exploring with my aforementioned friends (see previous post), even if said explorations are trite and over-discussed (I missed these discussions, or I wouldn't be curious about them); my/our ideas are ill-formed and incomplete; and the mode of conversation would draw the scorn of Mr. Johnson:
1. Why public celebrations are painful, as in peinlich.
2. Hannah Arendt as the intersection of questions about gender and political philosophy.
3. What it means to be "embodied."
4. The relationship between, and ethics of, communication, marketing, and propaganda.
I'm certain that there are more, but isn't four a nice number to start with?
1 comment:
Re: the ethics of marketing--
I am all for truth in advertising; but then again, overweight people drinking Coca Cola while watching meaningless sitcoms wouldn't really sell well, would it?
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