Words, of all sorts, have never seemed so now. P2.

After reading Andrew Sullivan’s essay about blogging, “Why I Blog,” it is easy to see his positive view about blogging and the ‘blogosphere’, as he calls it.
Andrew finds blogging as a means of instant personal satisfaction when writing something in that very moment. After writing for years under an editor whom he worried about pleasing, he was introduced to blogging, and instantly felt more comfortable being able to express his thoughts, ideas, and just write without having to worry about going through any process of editing and approval. Many people would find this as a better way of writing because there is really no need to worry about revision, unless, however, you would find it personally more harmful to have your fellow bloggers scrutinizing your ideas.
Andrew found that blogging was easy to get hooked to because he enjoyed the simple experience of being able to broadcast his own words into an “exhilarating literary liberation,” since blogging was more about improvisation and thoughts that raced through your head while you were typing.
This is what I believe is Sullivan’s real purpose for blogging; the overall rush and excitement that comes with being able to express yourself at the moment, however you like, without fear of judgment; the “intoxicatingly free” form of writing that is so easily published for the world to view, and desires comments and input of all kinds: both good and bad. Andrew tells of how bloggers are subject to being criticized or at least challenged when blogging about their opinions. This to him is wonderful. Having someone interested in what he has to say enough to even challenge it shows that what he feels, what he experiences, shows his personality, and what he simply has to say matters and is important.