Wednesday, December 30, 2009

virtual spacetime

Hi everybody. I think I shouldn't be excited to enter cyberspace since it is already too crowded and I am hardly likely to attract attention. Anyway, it's been a long time since I have felt that virtual existence is necessary to complete your real existence. So, here I am.
When I chat or mail, I find myself often crossing that subtly perceived Laxmanresha of decorum and etiquette. Then why am I so nervous now?
The answer is obvious: emails and chats are one-to-one. And since it takes three to make a crowd (or the smallest social gathering), social norms do not apply. The virtual universe of Two has its own autonomous customs and practices and logic too. When the 'Two' grows into a cyber community, it is just an extension and does not become 'society'.
A blog is different. Here I am sort of laying my Self open to scrutiny by all and sundry, even if it is in the cyberworld. I am not even hiding my name. I intend to first make forays into this mysterious (to me at least) land as a Dr. Jeckill. Later, when I am bold enough and bad enough, I may have another existence as my Mr Hyde self.