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September 29, 2008
Kidlitosphere Reflections
I'm working on figuring out how to post multiple photos to my blog -- because I have some very darn cute ones from my recent Portland excursion, including behind the scenes photos of the making of "Zombies: The New Vampires," a action-packed screenplay by that dynamic duo, Jaime Temairik and Betsy Bird.
In the meantime, some musings. On my 3-hour drive north on I-5, I had ample time to muse. One of my brain burbles got me to thinking about blogging, a topic that comprised a rather large chunk of the conference presentations. Combine that with the fact that I was listening to an old favorite CD from Reilly and Maloney which made me think about the last concert I'd heard of theirs which made me think about Ginny Reilly introducing a song she'd written by saying it was triggered by meeting her ex at the grocery store.
(There will be a point).
That was a pretty personal confession, on her part, right? So about the time I hit Chehalis, it hit me: bloggers are 21st century bards. What is the stuff of songs? Personal histories. Stories about people with a universal bent. And what is the stuff of blogs? Personal histories with a universal bent. Stories about people. Okay, so someone's post about their parakeet won't be on par with Handel's Hallelujah Chorus or the Beatles' Let it Be or even Ginny Reilly's incredibly poignant, He's a Fool, but doesn't it all come back to trying to make sense of our human experience? Love, loss, joy, beauty: it's the stuff of epic poems, ballads and now blogs.
We're all trying to sing of the body electric. . .and eccentric and many other e words.
That is the kind of mulling over one does on a three-hour ride home from a Kidlitosphere conference. At least this "one."
I also wondered why there were so many ruffled, quilted kleenex containers propped in so many car rear windows.
But that's a topic for another post.
Posted by kirby at September 29, 2008 06:28 PM
Comments
Always fun to hang out with you, Kirby! But I am fearing what might be on your camera...those photos you haven't posted and the behind the scenes. I'm also hoping you don't think I'm a lunatic. But what a fun night.
Posted by: Cuppa Jolie at September 29, 2008 07:55 PM
It's amazing where our minds will take us on those long drives. :) It was nice seeing you at the conference.
Posted by: Rachel at October 1, 2008 02:35 PM
Hi Kirby - it was nice meeting you again at the conference. I like the idea of bloggers as bards...makes me think I need to be more poetic with my posting, though!
Posted by: Sarah - Finding Wonderland at October 14, 2008 08:17 PM