profound bliss

I know it’s been more than a decade since I last posted here, and it’s kind of a good thing that Blogspot is free. I can simply park my blog and come back after twelve years without paying anything. Social media got my attention—that was the reason I stopped updating this blog. There was microblogging on Twitter, now called X, and photo sharing on Instagram. Everyone was on Facebook, so I thought it would be better to just post there. It was a happy experience. Was. Then everyone became a critic. Some became “feeling journalists.” You could no longer post about just anything without being judged, misunderstood, or bullied one way or another. And then came AI. Suddenly, everyone was writing polished essays about everything. Everyone became a poet, a storyteller, and an expert capable of explaining life in perfectly constructed paragraphs. I’m not totally against AI. I use it, too. It can help organize thoughts, correct grammar, and give you a little push when the right words...