tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post5927189094296837007..comments2024-03-28T07:00:05.364+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Identity and privacy, by Eve Lockettauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-84102663014732290042016-07-27T10:53:34.555+01:002016-07-27T10:53:34.555+01:00Everyone has a public and a private dimension. The...Everyone has a public and a private dimension. They are like drawers in a chest. It's up to us what we put in each drawer. But, beware! Once we've moved something from the private drawer to the public drawer, it can't be retrieved, especially in these days of social media and computerised storage. There can be leakage the other way too. A facet of ourselves that we have invented or exaggerated in the public drawer (e.g. for PR and marketing purposes) can start to become part of our private drawer - we start believing our own hype! Tinkling cymbals and sounding brass . . . Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-25164373299031266922016-07-26T12:22:47.007+01:002016-07-26T12:22:47.007+01:00
Interesting post. I remember once someone thinkin...<br />Interesting post. I remember once someone thinking they had a right to know whatever they asked me as I had already written an autobiographical book. If I had disclosed that much they figured they had the right to know whatever else they wanted. I disagreed and declined to answer the question asked. Things were not exactly left amicably on their part. <br /><br />It is a hard line to walk. What to share and what not to share. <br /><br />Sorry if you end up with loads of comments from me. Had trouble commenting. Lynda Alsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260944221255162533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-30236476130033939952016-07-26T11:39:49.683+01:002016-07-26T11:39:49.683+01:00Thank you for those thoughts, Eve. As someone who...Thank you for those thoughts, Eve. As someone who is so self-conscious about her writing that she can't even share it with her family, I sympathise with both Banksy and Elena Ferrante. But how do they explain away their artistic activities?<br /><br />Mrs Banksy: Buying spray paint again, dear? It's getting very expensive.<br /><br />Signor Ferrante: As you're just sitting in front of the computer, chiara, could you just... make me a cup of coffee... hold the ladder while I paint the shutters on the villa... take my Armani jacket to the dry cleaners... etc etc.Rosemary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797123703252258773noreply@blogger.com