Comments on: Notes: Mystery http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/01/12/notes-mystery/ I am a mongrel - O ma! A gremlin... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:34:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Yule http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/01/12/notes-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-9771 Yule Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:31:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1123#comment-9771 "Being mysterious requires mostly the effort to keep the drama going." Ha, no kidding, Maria - well said! It's sort of like trying to find the energy to keep up a string of extra-marital affairs. Ack... “Being mysterious requires mostly the effort to keep the drama going.” Ha, no kidding, Maria – well said! It’s sort of like trying to find the energy to keep up a string of extra-marital affairs. Ack…

]]> By: maria http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/01/12/notes-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-9770 maria Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:18:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1123#comment-9770 Intriguing connections you make in this post, ones that make great sense and articulate what I always felt about having a virtual presence as myself. Then again, Huebner's observation that the mystery projected by those women was the mystery that they were to themselves, goes a long way to explaining the "popularity" of certain figures in the virtual world. Being open about who you are in the virtual world requires, in my opinion, discipline and a lot of work, because it demands paying attention to what and how you communicate with thoughts to the effect your thoughts (as actions) may have. Being mysterious requires mostly the effort to keep the drama going. Intriguing connections you make in this post, ones that make great sense and articulate what I always felt about having a virtual presence as myself. Then again, Huebner’s observation that the mystery projected by those women was the mystery that they were to themselves, goes a long way to explaining the “popularity” of certain figures in the virtual world.

Being open about who you are in the virtual world requires, in my opinion, discipline and a lot of work, because it demands paying attention to what and how you communicate with thoughts to the effect your thoughts (as actions) may have. Being mysterious requires mostly the effort to keep the drama going.

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