It has taken weeks for me to pull my ideas together to provide a thoughtful post on the new phenom of twitter.
Unlike Twitter.
Twitter rules by the free flow of ideas....as they sprout from our minds. Fun. Sure.
But very little that just flows from our minds is worth the attention it gets on Twitter. In fact, the immediacy of Twittering makes any attempt at thoughtful posts...well, outdated. By minutes.
I don't want to read what you are thinking if what you are thinking is simply verbal processing. I'll be that sounding board for my friends as they work through issues and struggles. I'll continue to be the driver in the car who talks to herself so that by the time she has arrived at a meeting or conversation the mental sludge has slipped away, leaving the processed thoughts. But for the masses, pull yourselves together before you put it out for all to read. And if you don't have anything worth reading, then twit not.
I want to hear your thoughts. I do. I want to hear the ideas that have taken the time to consider multiple sides, to consider what really needs to be said, that sets aside anger or other driving emotions that do not help public discourse.
Twittering is fun, presumably. Yet the good stuff, the stuff that might actually mean something gets lost in the, "I'm throwing away this used tissue" posts that surround the good stuff.
Twitter away. Meanwhile, I'll be 10 paces behind you: considering, thinking, and making reasoned conclusions. Hopefully.
Best of luck,
amysgr
About Me
- AmySGR
- I am a theologian who is planted firmly in psychology, poetics, and praxis, who seeks to bring aware connection with the Sacred within all of life. I am 47, ordained, and fully expectant that life just keeps rolln' out in bounty and abundance. Each year of living is different and new, and a joy to be part of. My husband is an acupuncturist and inventor. My sons are revolutionaries of their own sort, full of fun, honesty and a little oddness. We have 2 dogs and 1 cat. The cat is in charge. For 12 years, I was in team ministry in a church of thinkers and doers. I am now working in a seminary, helping to empower seminarians to go forth with authenticity (rather than cloaking themselves with a facade of pastors and public ministry past).
4 comments:
Thanks for this, Amy. I continue to have an uneasy feeling every time I use Twitter, like I'm somehow chipping away at the already shaky state of human communications. The struggle of reconciling that with the somewhat addictive nature of such real-time information flow makes me wonder if Twitter should be classified as a controlled substance.
I applaud you for recognizing that the fun may not be worth what's lost, and that the intentionality of taking longer to think things through may be well worth being a bit out of the proverbial loop.
Chris
Amy, girl ~ I love this! You took the words out of my head and put them right onto your blog! I have been late to join the band wagon of modern technology in many, many ways. While I think some of the new advances are very useful, so much of what's available to us today is really just junk. It detracts from relationships and interpersonal skills. Bad news, no matter how you spin it.
I admit to joining fb because my daughter wanted to so badly and I wouldn't let her join until I checked it out myself to see how it worked! (Of course she had to explain how it all works to me, step by step!!) But I'm so glad I did because I've reconnected with friends like you that I wouldn't have otherwise. So, in some ways it can be a good thing!
Looking forward to getting to know you all over again! Blessings, Patricia
Twitter is starting to "tweet" for me too. If nothing else I am challenged to paraphrase in a minimal yet powerful way. I think my heart comes out although not often in my original words :)
So I just discovered you had a blog sitting here at 5SB with you. BUT it's not updated...poo!
ALSO, I just changed the layout of my blog last night and it looks just like yours!!
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