Blog Reflexion

Blogging has never been part of my hobbies like many of the young people that use the internet so frequently. Almost everybody had a blog account and of all people, me, the one that loves to write all the time, never took the time to make a blog. I had never considered blogging as a true alternative for my writing. Being unexperienced in this field I did not know what to expect when the teacher presented the blog project. I truly enjoy writing and the closets to blogging I had ever come, was publishing some of my best short writings on Facebook as notes.

As close as Facebook notes can come to actual blogging, it is no the same. The difference lies in the reach or propagation factor that comes for blogging. When writing notes on Facebook my audience is limited to my friends, while blogging extends my writing to almost everyone surfing the web. This had me a little intimidated in the beginning. Thinking about my ideals and feelings being so nakedly exposed on the internet had me nervous. However after doing the first few entries, I realized blogging was a very powerful tool for self expression.

This project really expanded my horizons for writing because I had heard of blogging but I had never tried it. Experiencing just how easy my writing can be exposed to everybody, opened my eyes to new possibilities. Starting my own blog was the first thing that came to mind after this experience. Also having to write reflections on The 60's movie had me thinking I could somehow write critiques on movies or write analysis on the different themes that are brought forth in movies. I also had the idea of writing in a different direction and style. Given the fact that most of my writing is mostly artistically centered, I figured I could change my style or use it to creatively include some analytic and critically centered visions for expressing my thoughts on the different social situations that are happening in my country.