From The Far Side Of The Glass
My Bent On Privacy
Journal Entry: 1/11/18
One thing that intrigues me about Facebook is the amount of open transparency. I’m not faulting this at all. It is just the way it is. I just have never been the type to let everyone know I was having a fish taco at Don Juans. For some reason, I have always had the bent to be more private and I find that I am that way as I communicate with my G+ circles.
Not much different than the rest of my life...I tend to keep a garden of friends and acquaintances just large enough that I can care and maintain but still retain my privacy. It surprises me in some ways, because I find myself prying a little into other people’s privacy. Mostly strangers, just trying to know them better and acknowledge them as my fellow human.
I was up St. Augustine way a week after Hurricane Irma had made her dance up the coast line. She waltzed her way up the coast right on the heels of Hurricane Harvey. . Anyway, I introduced myself to this gentleman on the elevator. He looked like the engineering type. Very proper looking, I might add, as he reached out his hand and said ”my name is Harvey”.
When I asked him did he miss Irma, not a smile did he show. Never even asked me “Who’s Irma?” I suppose he is just very private that way.
Back to my original thought...when I started posting a few years back I still had some business and professional ties. It was really none of their business what I posted or had to say to the world...but it was. So I started posting under the moniker of Dr. Ego Prozac. That way no one would really know who I am. Well, as I got deeper into it I got concerned that the big Pharm would take me down for using their trade name Prozac, so I decided to go underground and started posting under the name Dr. Ego Prozac Underground. I still have an active blog today with that same name. I go there when I want more privacy. :)
This “Selfie Thing” has me a bit confused. How can I be more transparent but still remain private? I think it’s important to show our resemblance. Just some glimpse of our shadow helps. Funny how many post there are of people showing their shadow. For me, I have played with different forms but mostly it’s just me trying to look less vain, always looking down, and fuzzed out by this app. called Imagine Edit. Showing just enough to make me look real.
I don’t have those professional ties anymore, so I no longer have to hide my twisted mind and crooked smile, but even without the restraints, I am bent on being a little private.
Good news is, it’s just a few weeks away until Mardi Gras and then I can put on my mask and be anyone I want to be! Maybe I will just be myself this year? A Pirate!
So, From The Far Side Of The Glass...here’s looking at you?
Let the good times roll...
Doc
P.s...Be free, impose yourself but remain discreet, mark your imprint on the world, be the masterpiece of your birth and the meaning of something for someone.
