BLOGART - THE ART OF BLOGGING

BOGART on this blog so far has been about ART.

My first blogs have been lessons in the visual, painting and drawing.

My intentions in creating this blog were to involve the visual arts only.

It now seems to me that this blog can also be an outlet for expression.

So here goes BLOGART goes Blog without discourse on "The Art of Blogging."

FACEBOOK hinders personal interaction?

The new electronic social networks such as Facebook and Twitter foster the illusion of social connectedness in modern society and I bemoan the loss of real communication

Certainly the new technology is advantageous for networking between businesses and politicians have found that the social networking sites are great to build their brand image. Obama used them to gain advantage in his Presidential campaign and now Twitter is being used as a political weapon in the Victorian election battle.

Are we breeding a socially immature generation with the inability to personally interact? There is certainly a possibility that the more technologies we have to communicate, the less we really may communicate. Virtual connections, not real ones result in a lack of personal interaction in society today.

My friends once met me to talk face to face or phoned to converse. Email though somewhat less personal, still largely involved one to one communication; question and answer exchanges.

Posting personal information on a social network isn’t about connectedness but about ego-centric exhibitionism. True friendship building is about personal interaction.

Will the changes from our physical world to a digital world be beneficial in the end?

Only time will tell, though I doubt it!