tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post8434715916316050606..comments2023-10-31T05:37:45.410-07:00Comments on Hungry Hyaena: Blogging BrouhahaHungry Hyaenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-71637301686921969552007-11-07T07:14:00.000-08:002007-11-07T07:14:00.000-08:00That's a petty, nasty little bit of writing. By t...That's a petty, nasty little bit of writing. By the way, who's Charlie Finch? (snort)Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267341272145443931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-69710971297772166512007-11-05T14:59:00.000-08:002007-11-05T14:59:00.000-08:00Hi, Molly.In response to your question, yes and no...Hi, Molly.<BR/><BR/>In response to your question, yes and no.<BR/><BR/>I have, in the past, felt that I was part of a community of bloggers, particularly when I began HH in 2005. At that time my posts focused on environmental updates and ecology, and I was therefore connected to a different group of bloggers.<BR/><BR/>When I first started reading art blogs, there were not that many of them. I knew only a few art bloggers worth reading, and met a few of them in person. As the blogroll continued to grow, however, I had to start paring down my blog reading and, so as not to feel like I was neglecting virtual friends' writing, I made a point of lessening my blogger interaction - I became a lurker, in other words. I began commenting only rarely (and only on a select few blogs) and I stopped reading most of the comments sections, as I found them (and still do) dominated by one or two belligerent voices.<BR/><BR/>But I'm being a bit hypocritical. I enjoy receiving comments here and sometimes even ask for them. I find the feedback of value.<BR/><BR/>Bill Gusky's <A HREF="http://www.diggingpitt.com/events/07-blog-gusky.htm" REL="nofollow">remarks </A>about the value (and pitfalls) of art blogs are on the money. If you haven't read them, I recommend it.<BR/><BR/>So there you have it. I just recommended a bit of writing by an art blogger commenting just above. I suppose there is something of a community sense in this mess, but it's vague yet...and maybe that's for the best. If all the artist/writer types were friends (or congenial acquaintances), their opinions would be sure to raise eyebrows. We're better off being dismissed as loud mouth morons than to be a clique, I feel.<BR/><BR/>The principal values of blogging, for me, are <B>a)</B> working out kinked ideas that are, in turn, poured into the studio and <B>b)</B> assembling a catalog of skeleton essays, ideas that maybe one day can be more fully explored for publication elsewhere. Without HH, I wouldn't have been invited to write reviews for the <A HREF="http://zine.artcal.net/" REL="nofollow">ArtCal Zine</A> or be submitting articles (to be published in '08) to <A HREF="http://nyartsmagazine.com/" REL="nofollow">NY Arts</A>. It is a springboard to "getting out there" for me. If becoming part of a community is part of "getting out," so be it, but I presume it will be a community more wide in scope.Hungry Hyaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-34536279004119686002007-11-05T12:48:00.000-08:002007-11-05T12:48:00.000-08:00Great meeting you too, Sir. Hope the opera was ter...Great meeting you too, Sir. Hope the opera was terrific. Ah, what eclectic tastes these art bloggers have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-85964450253161029642007-11-05T12:31:00.000-08:002007-11-05T12:31:00.000-08:00YAY HH! I appreciate this post.Here's a question:...YAY HH! I appreciate this post.<BR/><BR/>Here's a question: Do you feel like you're a part of a community by being someone who blogs? I must say, I don't. <BR/><BR/>I just got my first antagonistic comment on my blog. Fun.Molly Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392208109844747190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-15476984239948100832007-11-04T15:08:00.000-08:002007-11-04T15:08:00.000-08:00Hi, Bill.It was nice to (briefly) meet you last ni...Hi, Bill.<BR/><BR/>It was nice to (briefly) meet you last night. I had to run to an opera that a friend was singing in and so didn't have time to chat. I would have liked that.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on the show. I hope to see more of your work in future shows.Hungry Hyaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-4935038101537090662007-11-04T12:36:00.000-08:002007-11-04T12:36:00.000-08:00I agree with you on Finch. He's just a pundit. Lik...I agree with you on Finch. He's just a pundit. Like all pundits it's best to ignore him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com