Yes Richard, I was agreeing with you, even if it was for different reasons or through different means... the end result (turning on the camera) was my point as well.
I suppose my sensitivity was more to be supportive. It's all good. Rob --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard BF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I HOPE that was said "tongue in cheek," but I do not know you, and I > >shall not judge... but if it were YOU in his position... could you > >so easily perform? > > No, it was not tongue in cheek. I wasn't criticising Paul, or > trivialising his situation. I was simply saying: turn on the camera. > > One of my favourite videos of the past year, was when Aaron lost his > little girl. He had the camera on at the time, and it was so > emotional. I couldn't stop crying watching it. > > We all publish video of ourselves to the web, because we want people > to watch us. We all try to watch and narrate good stories, because we > like the emotional or thought provoking journey or outcome. We like > to cry, we like to laugh. > > After a half dozen videos of someone doing what they do, I want to > see more of the real world in which they live, and learn more about > them. Most of us aren't actors, so by erecting a wall between the on > screen persona and the real you, or filtering anything remotely > personal, you're just watering down your end result, and probably > making people unsubscribe, because there's millions of other people > to watch doing the same thing. > > I don't know if I could "easily perform", but I could easily invoke > my online persona, for sure, and as a videoblogger, I've learnt to > mostly ignore cameras being on around me. We're documenting history, > and I can't even begin to imagine my descendants in 100 years seeing > me on video, being emotional, being fragile, being me... > > >Yes, if you have the strength... make your VBlog... even if it is > >not "the best"... no one says you have to share it right now... but > >you may be making something that your future sons and daughters will > >look back upon and say "WOW... what they went through back then" > > I'm a little lost, are you now agreeing with me? > > Regards, > Richard > > -- > Vlog: http://www.kashum.com > Feed: http://www.kashum.com/rss2.xml > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
