In order for either to be of value, they need to be authentic. They need to be honest. They need to be outward expressions of inward realities. The people we most sidle up to, as authors and as humans, tell their truths without apology or embellishment. We find ourselves in the grappling narratives of those who have not been double-dipped in the boring, overdone rhetoric of the day. Which is falsehood anyway.
But, in blogging, and in life, Truth is something that has to be managed, and not just told.
Parables exist for this reason. Novels. Poetry. Social clubs.
They give a semblance of reality, but without needing to stake any particular claim... Without having to commit. The door remains ajar.
Maybe you misunderstood.
You didn't misunderstand.
But maybe you did.
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