One of my fave films is Rear Window. A fascinating examination of voyeurism and its consequences. The moral of which seems to be, that if you're gonna perv on your neighbours, make sure you turn the lights off first!
It used to be if I wanted to know anything about my next door neighbours, I could pop around for a cup of tea or stick a glass against the wall. Hours could be spent watching the hot guy in the flat opposite while he cooked dinner in his underwear or some such.
A furtive thrill to finish off the day.
Now along comes blogging - not only are we encouraged to write our own blogs, but it's expected that other people will read ours. I now know so much about my neighbours I need to enter counselling. Why peak furtively through the blinds when I can watch them full-frontal on their blog?
If Leonardo da Vinci had had a blog we'd prpobably know what that eyebrowless freak was smiling about and she'd probably be hanging on the wall in somebody's garage as a result.
I want the mystique back. This is my comment on other people's blogs.
Sigh
Sigh
Prof. M
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