Check: One, Two
Have you ever heard about the two Suns effect? No? I'm not surprised. Neither have I, until last night. You can experience it while you stand right at the equator. I mean, right on the equatorial line; one foot on the northern hemisphere, the other on the southern hemisphere; right above the spot where the halves of the egg shell connect, not a millimeter further. You have to be really precise about this as when you move just a bit, both Suns disappear.
When you stand at that exact point, positioned precisely as I have instructed just now, look up towards the sky, right down the equatorial line and you'll see the two Suns not far from each other: one floating above the southern hemisphere, while the other doing the same thing over the northern hemisphere. You don't even have to look far away, or with the two eyes staring apart in different directions (which not many people are trained to do, anyway)--you'll see both Suns right there in front of you, with both of your eyes. One eye, one Sun, the other eye, the other Sun. Does that sound familiar? I feel like I've just been there.
But, equator is far from me, really far ... Too far, in fact. And so is that one Sun--not to mention how far you'll have to go to reach the other one. Far. The equator actually is reachable rather easily. The Sun? Well, that's a different story. You can see it, but you can't really ever get there and experience it first hand. The equator is an agreed line. Tyhmä juttu. The Sun is all scientifically explained and real. Tosi juttu. Or is it? I guess it's like going to the origin of the rainbow. Have you ever been there? I have, but then, surprise, the rainbow disappears. Does someone know if the same happens with the Sun when you actually get there? Could be. Let me know.
So, what about that other Sun? That one is just as hard to reach and it might just as well disappear when you get there too. I don't know. All I know is that they are all a rainbow.
I've been writing on this spot for a bit over a year now. And it has been a very pleasant and sometimes even rewarding experience. It is especially rewarding when I'm reading about my own writing in digested and reinterpreted form, like for instance here and here. In one word: fun. But not fun enough, though. Why?
When starting this blog in August 2005 I opened it up and wrote my post with mixed feelings. I perceived it both as an experiment while I was at the same time also curious about the blogging experience since before I've only been reading other people's blogs. And then again, I set a very ambitious goal for the blog: to keep in touch with friends on a regular basis and possibly to make some new acquaintances in the process. Ambitious.
Despite the fact that I've been reading quite a few blogs on a regular basis, I really saw the whole blogging phenomena as a new television: you sit and read (instead of watch), you're entertained and when you're done reading, you almost forget what the hell you were reading about. Of course, it was not always exactly like that, but quite often it was. You left with a smile on your face and many saw it as way of wasting time. How could it be different from the television?
And I never really put much thought into what makes those blogs interesting, at least what brings me time and again to those same places. I guess there were so many different things that amused me, which made it so much more difficult to put my finger on something more specific. Then I've opened my own vent and suddenly I was in the position of all those bloggers whose interesting writing I've been reading before. Although I have to admit that I never had any problems with finding the topic of my writing; there has always been plenty of stuff that I've had in my little head that I wanted to discuss in either a dialogue or a monologue (read: a blog). No, the problem lied somewhere else: what would people like reading about, or what would make people like me keep returning to that very same blog on a regular basis.
On this spot I've discussed many things from daily trivia, to politics shit, I've been writing my travelogues and talked about art shows and cultural peculiarities. I even posted several hundred pictures. And believe me, there's a lot of stuff still in the pipeline. But before I return to the old rut of writing the blog my way and begin discussing some dull politics or how cultural this-or-that baloney, I'd like to hear from you, you who read this blog. Whether you've been reading it regularly or whether this is the first post you've read, it does not matter at all. I want to hear from you.
Drop me a line or two in the comments department (think of it as letters to the editor). Tell me: what you've found to be fun; what entertained you; what you've been missing; what I should write more about; what pissed you off; what made you happy; do you like reading long posts or are you a snippet type; do you love your grandma's cooking or are your clients full of it. It doesn't have to be blog or blogging related at all, but if it has something to do with me and you or you'd just like to tell me something, I want to hear from you. Knowing who my readers are will hopefully help me keep it fresh and fun to read in the future too.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Mladen
When you stand at that exact point, positioned precisely as I have instructed just now, look up towards the sky, right down the equatorial line and you'll see the two Suns not far from each other: one floating above the southern hemisphere, while the other doing the same thing over the northern hemisphere. You don't even have to look far away, or with the two eyes staring apart in different directions (which not many people are trained to do, anyway)--you'll see both Suns right there in front of you, with both of your eyes. One eye, one Sun, the other eye, the other Sun. Does that sound familiar? I feel like I've just been there.
But, equator is far from me, really far ... Too far, in fact. And so is that one Sun--not to mention how far you'll have to go to reach the other one. Far. The equator actually is reachable rather easily. The Sun? Well, that's a different story. You can see it, but you can't really ever get there and experience it first hand. The equator is an agreed line. Tyhmä juttu. The Sun is all scientifically explained and real. Tosi juttu. Or is it? I guess it's like going to the origin of the rainbow. Have you ever been there? I have, but then, surprise, the rainbow disappears. Does someone know if the same happens with the Sun when you actually get there? Could be. Let me know.
So, what about that other Sun? That one is just as hard to reach and it might just as well disappear when you get there too. I don't know. All I know is that they are all a rainbow.
I've been writing on this spot for a bit over a year now. And it has been a very pleasant and sometimes even rewarding experience. It is especially rewarding when I'm reading about my own writing in digested and reinterpreted form, like for instance here and here. In one word: fun. But not fun enough, though. Why?
When starting this blog in August 2005 I opened it up and wrote my post with mixed feelings. I perceived it both as an experiment while I was at the same time also curious about the blogging experience since before I've only been reading other people's blogs. And then again, I set a very ambitious goal for the blog: to keep in touch with friends on a regular basis and possibly to make some new acquaintances in the process. Ambitious.
Despite the fact that I've been reading quite a few blogs on a regular basis, I really saw the whole blogging phenomena as a new television: you sit and read (instead of watch), you're entertained and when you're done reading, you almost forget what the hell you were reading about. Of course, it was not always exactly like that, but quite often it was. You left with a smile on your face and many saw it as way of wasting time. How could it be different from the television?
And I never really put much thought into what makes those blogs interesting, at least what brings me time and again to those same places. I guess there were so many different things that amused me, which made it so much more difficult to put my finger on something more specific. Then I've opened my own vent and suddenly I was in the position of all those bloggers whose interesting writing I've been reading before. Although I have to admit that I never had any problems with finding the topic of my writing; there has always been plenty of stuff that I've had in my little head that I wanted to discuss in either a dialogue or a monologue (read: a blog). No, the problem lied somewhere else: what would people like reading about, or what would make people like me keep returning to that very same blog on a regular basis.
On this spot I've discussed many things from daily trivia, to politics shit, I've been writing my travelogues and talked about art shows and cultural peculiarities. I even posted several hundred pictures. And believe me, there's a lot of stuff still in the pipeline. But before I return to the old rut of writing the blog my way and begin discussing some dull politics or how cultural this-or-that baloney, I'd like to hear from you, you who read this blog. Whether you've been reading it regularly or whether this is the first post you've read, it does not matter at all. I want to hear from you.
Drop me a line or two in the comments department (think of it as letters to the editor). Tell me: what you've found to be fun; what entertained you; what you've been missing; what I should write more about; what pissed you off; what made you happy; do you like reading long posts or are you a snippet type; do you love your grandma's cooking or are your clients full of it. It doesn't have to be blog or blogging related at all, but if it has something to do with me and you or you'd just like to tell me something, I want to hear from you. Knowing who my readers are will hopefully help me keep it fresh and fun to read in the future too.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Mladen
posted by Mladen at 10/04/2006 12:11:00 PM
2 Comments:
What's up with the two suns? Have you been drinking again?
Oh, I wish I was ...
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