I have taken to just posting art pictures because when I write from my heart, it goes unnoticed. If I post an article, it provokes no discussion. If I look for pictures and post them, at least in the end, I can look back on them, and they give me pleasure. I am not complaining any more. I am just explaining for anyone who might wonder. Daily I look at the things my friends post and usually comment to them unless I feel they would prefer I do not. I used to think of journaling as interactive, but my political journal showed me otherwise, although I get comments there from time to time and requests for research assistance.
The other day I read a link from my friend's Lj that was so astute and so excellently written concerning the present political crisis in this country, yet only one person had commented. Sometimes I read the latest posts link over at Dj, and some of the people will be having a major crisis in their lives, yet not one comment will be posted. Have these people no friends? Or are people on social networking sites such as Dj and Lj just there for their own vanity and ego? Do people not want feedback? Or do they get it from other sources? Why journal it then in public?
I think about all these things, and I wonder.

'Backstage'

'The French Window'
By Ignat Ignatov

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