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In light of a article I read and a string of bloggers who have redefined, refocused or restarted their blogs, I wanted to take some time to restate, refocus and redefine the "logic" behind this mess of convoluted writing. I'm sure that in some earlier post I wrote that I think it's is imperative to redefine and redefine ad infinitum, I just don't feel like taking the time to find it.
A few nights ago I sat down with a neglected issue of Sojourners and made my way through three or four articles. I was captivated by a commentary written by Molly Marsh, "Words! Camera! Democracy? : Storytelling in the Digital Age". I was both disturbed and excited about Marsh's opinions. First I was thrilled that as I look back I have stayed fairly close to my original intent with this blog. I want to give people a glimpse into my life and thoughts. Marsh writes, "Sharing stories is enlarging—in any medium." She goes on to quote Ron Hansen as saying, "that the least of us are necessary to the great universal plot in ways we hadn’t imagined." I am very aware that my story finds a small audience but it is part of that "great universal plot" and it is important for us to hear each other’s stories. So there it is, I keep filling up some small corner of cyberspace with my thoughts because stories are important and mine is the story with which I am most familiar.

The disturbing part of the article is this, "Technology is democratizing the way we collect and share stories, as more people gain access to cheaper computers and recording devices. Writers and filmmakers don’t have to have, solicit, or spend millions to tell their stories. But this democracy is at least partly illusory: It’s also true that those with means—education, income, skills, and time—are the primary beneficiaries. This 'creative class,' as Bill Ivey and Steven Tepper write in The Chronicle of Higher Education, can explore, experiment, and consume at will. Those with fewer resources are more dependent on what comes from media and entertainment conglomerates, which operate with much narrower gates. 'Technology and economic change are conspiring to create a new cultural elite—and a new cultural underclass,' the authors warn. 'Can America prosper if its citizens experience such different and unequal cultural lives?' It’s an important question, particularly when we consider that most of the world’s population doesn’t have access to a computer."
Oh.....no! I've become part of the problem once again. I am now part of the creative class a fact that has been haunting me for some time before I read this article, I just didn't have a word for it. Even when I thought that I had found what is at worst harmless and at best helpful and inspiring outlet it all comes crashing down. Thanks Molly Marsh.

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