I’ve been reading about slow blogging, which Laura McKenna calls an oxymoron. Some time back I discovered Michael Pollan and slow food. Here’s what Sharon Otterman says about it in The New York Times.
The practice is inspired by the slow food movement, which says that fast food is destroying local traditions and healthy eating habits. Slow food advocates, like the chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., believe that food should be local, organic and seasonal; slow bloggers believe that news-driven blogs like TechCrunch and Gawker are the equivalent of fast food restaurants — great for occasional consumption, but not enough to guarantee human sustenance over the longer haul.
But I’m just slow.
And I’m not sure I’m ready to make any grandiose claims for my writing and thinking, though I suppose it takes some hubris to keep posting, mostly for myself — though I protest I do have some readers.
I’m aware of being old-fashioned and uncool. For some time I’ve written mostly about politics as the presidential election has caught my attention. But I like to write about other things, too; and I’m not above an occasional piece of fluff. Mostly, I think I search for common sense.
[November, 28: I’ve removed part of the previous paragraph because after five days I didn’t like it.]
So, slow blogging — it’s OK.
This comment is wholly irrelevant to your post, Julian. I cannot locate your long-ago post about Curtis Sittenfeld and I must pass along a request for a favor. Will you tell her what an enormous pleasure her Americal Wife is? I have not quite completed reading the book. I got it on your recommendation in a time when I no longer read any novels that are not–as you once called them–“dumbsalve”–mysteries. But I got this one and I am hugely impressed. uncomfortably, I cannot see GWB quite the same again. More substantively, I am once again enthralled by the magic or art. This weekend I saw “Grand Torino” and a struck by how moving both the novel and the film are and how important real art is. Will you, over some stray martini,tell CS how much I thank her?
Hi Sharon. I will certainly relay your thanks to Curtis. And speaking of art, today I saw “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and am still thinking about how transporting love, honor, pity, pride, and sacrifice into a surreal environment may enhance and celebrate their significance.
Thanks, Julian. Am anxious to see TCCBB but have not yet.