The New Liturature
As a history major at IU, I was required to read dozens of old texts and novels. This is a practice that I have continued throughout my adult life. One book that I had always intended to read was ‘On the Road‘ by Jack Kerouac. A few days ago I picked it up and started reading, and I’ve been simply mesmerized ever since.
I’ve got old-school illusions of America. I’ve always dreamt of going back to a simpler time before interstates chopped our nation into a thousand pieces and television dumbed us down til we were all boxed up and shelved. Most of all, it distresses me to think that people have all but stopped reading and writing. One constant in ‘On the Road’ is that all the characters dream of being famous writers. It’s just simply not all that prevelent in this day in age.
Our saving grace just might be social media, and blogging in particular. The more people who start blogging and do it consistently, the more socially enriched our society may become. The fact that so many great blogs seem to be popping up gives me hope about the future intelligence of our nation. In fact, I would define the word blogger as ‘one who dreams of being a famous writer’.
I encourage all bloggers out there to ‘hone’ their craft. There are so few out there who know how to harness the elequence of the writers of our past. Let’s make something lasting. Something that will still be talked about like the great works of liturature of the past. There is so much out there to discuss, and so much to learn and our culture might still be able to recover from the disparity of reality TV and senseless celebrities.
The virtual world might be the only frontier that many of us ever get to explore, and the beauty of it is that it’s a world that we are creating ourselves. We make it what we want it to be with our thoughts, opinions, and insights. There is much left to do and much left to create. I sincerely hope that each and every one of you will take these words to heart and help this cultural renaissance thrive.
Note: The image at the top of this post links to an amazon.com page where you can obtain a copy of ‘On the Road’ I strongly suggest that everyone who love liturature read this book if they haven’t already.
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cclark
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Julie
