In "Epic and Novel", Mikhail Bakhtin compares the novel with the epic. The epic is based on the national heroic past while the novel is determined by experience, knowledge and practice. The epic is an absolutely completed form while the novel is ever-changing. Bakhtin's arguments make me think about writing and the books that have become a part of our everyday life. I have not had the time to read novels outside of my classes but in the summer I usually pick up a few recommended book and read for the hell of it. Some of my reasons include being thrust into a new world, into the life of an extraordinary well-rounded character, whose problems do not even begin to touch upon the insignificant occurrences that I have named "problems". It also made me think about how I am reliving the novel, my thoughts and comments on it are extending the original work and adding some new spice to it. I, by reading it, am modifying it.
So what is the deal with people reading my blog? How will blogs develop and change as they become more popular and get older? Will they keep the aspects that currently make them distinctive and original? As all these questions roam inside my mind, I come to the realization that most forms of writing as continuous; handing in or posting a "finished" product does not mean its finished. Every comment or idea on/about it will change it. Society, or lack there of, decides when something is finished and not the author. The common misconception that one owns one's writing has been disproved time and time again. Here is to many more to come- Cheers.
-the Astro-LOGICAList
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