Why did I start this?

2007-04-29T09:16:00.000-07:00

I: So, there we go …after much thought and deliberation, decided to write a blog.

Me: why do you need so much of “thought and deliberation” for this. Everybody does it nowadays. It’s the cool thing, man.

I: Some years back, writing dairy was a habit for some. I had many friends who would religiously write in the dairy daily. I always wondered why they did that.

Me: Why not. It’s a good way of keeping your thoughts active. It helps you to concentrate. Also, after many years, you can go through the old dairies and smile at your own follies and relive your triumphs.

I: Yes, agreed. But writing dairy daily is bit tedious. Perhaps the very purpose of writing the dairy, to capture your thoughts, is defeated. We tend to write down the daily routine in your life…which anyway is not worth mentioning let alone writing in detail about it.

Me: Have you ever tried to write down something. Take a sheet of paper or a notebook and start writing something. I am sure you must have tried it…and failed to write even a single sentence, 5 minutes later you would have got up from your table and back to your seat in front of TV, with remote in your hand.

I: True. That’s why I thought why not start a blog.

Wiki definition of Stream of consciousness

2007-04-29T09:08:00.000-07:00

Internal monologue, also known as interior monologue, inner voice, internal speech, or stream of consciousness is thinking in words. It also refers to the semi-constant internal monologue one has with oneself at a conscious or semi-conscious level.Much of what people consciously report "thinking about" may be thought of as an internal monologue, a conversation with oneself. Some of this can be considered as speech rehearsal, and it seems to be that the internal monologue is generally in the native language of the person concerned.
In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a literary technique which seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes. Stream-of-consciousness writing is strongly associated with the modernist movement. Its introduction in the literary context, transferred from psychology, is attributed to May Sinclair, but it is most famous for its use by James Joyce.