The Dog's Name

Translated by
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jnr
Monday, April 24, 2006

All the worlds a stage,
And all the men and women merely players…
They have their exits and their entrances
And one man in his time plays many parts.
Jacques, As you like it. Act 2, Scene 7.
Bill.

That was all. It happens. Friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant, did you ever notice that?
The Body
Stephen King

The last few weeks have been a struggle to write, inspiration often the hardest of factors was and is overflowing yet the transfer from head to hand languishes in a manner most sloth like.

For the truth is that this Blog will change as I do, as my life moves from scene to scene and to new acts, the reflections here will be different from what they were. And perhaps sadly, perhaps not, this will raise the ire of some readers and they in turn may chose to express such with a click of the X in the top right corner…during this time it has been suggested that as a writer, you adopt a certain style, your find your “voice” and with that you cultivate and audience…and to that audience you have a responsibility.

I disagree with that sentiment…this is MY stage. I am the playwright and the goal here is my self exploration, not that of the audience, and though you are invited to comment and perhaps through that option share the boards and in turn contribute to the scene, yet it remains my stage.

If you write everyday you write for your readers and not yourself
Summer, Change of Season

And therein lays, perhaps, the reason for my struggle. I have allowed the needs of the audience to outweigh the needs of self and have been led into areas that perhaps I may not have explored…I have fallen into the trap of popular fiction, I have been writing for you and not for me…

It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.
Frodo, Fellowship of the Ring
JRR Tolkien

And so today, with a new template and a renewed focus it is time once again to control this Blog and lead it where I would have it...

Tagged: The Dogs Name, Blogs, New Template

Lectiones Sacrae Ex Libris Indiana 09:30

12 Comments:

Scorpy said...: Mate,I have commented on this before. If readers think that we as bloggers have a responsibility to them then they are sadly mistaken..I write for noone but myself...sure i share with people and have been requested for stuff but I still do it for ME...It is my cathartic experience or my thought process, it is my mind playing and me just having fun or having a bitch....Don't ever (and I know you won't) think that you have a responsibility to US. If I want fiction I'll buy a book. I visit blogs to read about how another individual thinks at this time and space. Do your own thing mate. Thanks for listening to my dribble :); 10:47
lucy said...: Ditto what Scorpy said.

(It's not an inspiring comment really, but he said all what I was going to say, so there. :)); 12:30
Mia said...: You've always been the loudest when it comes to promoting the idea that you write only for yourself, yet you are also a self proclaimed "stat watcher" and that balance is one which many of us struggle to keep. Sometimes, just sometimes you've slipped further down one side of the balance beam than you feel comfortable. But everytime thus far you've picked up your game and pulled yourself back up to your 'center'.

I'm sure that you will do so again.

As I've said to you many times when you were wearing a different guise (yet still the same man) be true to yourself, for those are the posts that inspire and draw back your readers.

And........ yes dear you still look fine. ~grin~; 16:02
Pomgirl said...: Hmmm, it is difficult. I think I actually enjoyed writing my blog more when no one read it or commented but now I've begun to really like these weird virtual relationships I've formed with people through them reading it.

I don't know how to get the balance right.

Anyway, I like the little tweaks you've made to your template. I feel like having a fiddle myself, in a strictly HTML way ;-); 19:59
Imelda said...: Think of blogging as being like masturbation - just do what feels good for you.

Love ya. xxx; 20:30
Sass said...: I went through this not to long ago, it did seem that once i voiced what i already knew the flow was easier.; 22:44
Jill said...: I tried to comment earlier but Blogger was being cranky. I love the new design, and good luck with the new act. It seems you've answered the magic question for yourself.; 00:12
Jill said...: And by "new act" I was continuing the play metaphor. Just to be clear. ;); 00:13
Officially Fabulous said...: Yay Indy! Write from your heart, wherever it takes you! This is your little nugget of universe- all yours!
~Fab : ); 05:24
Indiana said...: Scorpy: There is no evidence at all that I actually think ~grin~

Lucy: Don't you hate it when someone beats you to the comment?

Mia: ~checking mirror~...Damn I do look fine!!! ~lol~

Pomgirl: You comment!!! And about fiddling ~grin~

Imelda: I really hope masturbation is alot more pleasurable?

Sass: Ahhh but what if you're not sure about what you know?

Jill: I hope so.

Jill: You theatre folk are so literal ~wink~

Fab: The heart may be better place than the mind...too many dark places in the mind, well at least in mine.; 09:14
ChickyBabe said...: I like the new template design. You've set the scene, now your audience eagerly awaits...; 09:43
Mel said...: It's exciting to expect something different when I come to your page - and it's never disappointing.; 10:34