Blogging in general

BLOGGING IS HEALTHY?

Duck Pond - July 2, 2008 - 3:31am

I am not really sure why I write this blog, although as I mentioned almost four years ago when I started it represented an opportunity to write, which otherwise would not be possible. When writing is not practiced the ability to express thoughts and feelings is lost. Practice is a matter of confidence and as well a constant reminder of what can go wrong. Sometimes these mistakes are caught, and sometimes they are not. The challenging thing about blogging is that somebody may actually read what is written, which seems to happen sometimes. Read more »

OPINIONS, ATTITUDES AND RANTS

Duck Pond - May 14, 2008 - 3:01am

I have to admit I am ignorant about attitudes. I have never really got down to a bedrock understanding of how they develop and what they signify, except that I consider they are important in relations to other people. It is, I think, a common skill that people are able to pick up attitudes stated and implied, perhaps using different cues. My take, to misquote David Bohm is that attitudes are “frozen emotions”, as distinct from “frozen light”. Read more »