or maybe I've been reading too many blogs that are photo dependent lately, but some of this discussion about the addition of images in blogs seems -- well, to be missing the point. A computer is not just a typewriter writ large. It is both a textual and a visual medium. Heck, text itself is a visual medim -- the typeface used, the size of the font, how much space in between the words -- all visual. You don't believe me? Well, that's ok -- these guys understood it.
Many bloggers use this feature to add to their text, or to even have a reason to share text. For those who are creating blogs about their visual/tactile/etc. pursuits a description is not enough. One of my favorite bloggers is also a fabric designer. I can't imagine reading her site with only a textual description of her work. The same goes for another favorite. So are we really focusing on the fact that this whole blogging thing does not necessarily fit with the print based world most of us have grown accustomed to -- that of the novel and written word -- and meanwhile forgetting that, in fact, that world is itself a false representation?
And just for fun and because I do believe in using photos a reminder that spring was actually here before today's snows.
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