Sherry Chandler » Blogging as an art form
Blogging as an art form
Here’s the opening two grafs of a nice rumination, Blogart, by Geof Huth at dbqp:
My tendency is to think of everything as art, just some of it bad. Talking, walking, interacting, working—all of these are types of art to my mind. (Maybe lesser arts, but that’s a different issue.)
Given this as evidence, it is easy to understand why I think of blogging as an art—and an art in many different ways. The creation (or revelation) of a persona is part of the art, and probably the most essential part of this art. That construct that is the blogger is important, because every story needs a protagonist. Blogging is also sometimes merely the presentation of pieces of art—the posting of photographs or poems or collages—which is the simplest way a blog can be about art. The manner of presenting information can be part of the art. Some blogs always present data in paragraphs, some break text into lines (poetry), others present a mix of poetry and images and video and sound. Blogs define their meaningscapes and make differing demands upon their readers.
You should read the rest of this post and take some time to explore the art of vispo with Geof.
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