In the article Why I blog, by Andrew Sullivan, Sullivan uses his decade of blogging to compare the instantaneous, spontaneous, and raw honesty of blogging to the slow, trivial and tedious processes of writing a column or article. Through his article he answers the question of why he blogs.
Blogging and writing an article can be considered almost polar opposites. Sullivan defines blogging as the “spontaneous expression of instant thought” opposed to the “endless delays, revisions… editorial fights, and last minute cuts” that writing an article entails. Sullivan contrasts the two styles to show that blogging allows an individual to express him or herself freely and with out the constraints of an editor. Blogging enable to the writer to write exactly what the mean or think at that point in time. Sullivan blogs because it is “free-form and more accident prone.” Typically being accident-prone is not a reason to partake in an activity but Sullivan feels that being accident-prone makes the writing more real and honest while writing an article involves hours of editing to make the story “prefect”. The search of perfection within articles removes some of the “raw honesty” that is prevalent in blogging. Sullivan also blogs because he cherishes the idea of being able to know exactly how he felt at certain time. Sullivan expresses his ability to recount how he felt not only on 9/11 but “how he responded at 3:47” in the afternoon. This ability to look back and understand and recount an exact moment in time is one of the many reasons that Andrew Sullivan blogs.
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