I learned something interesting about my good friend Maureen Durkin today. Apparently, Maureen goes around telling people she’s Clarissa. This is very interesting and I can see this. Maureen walks into a room and declares, “I am Clarissa.” I love it.
This is a spatial issue. We can, I believe, inhabit two spaces simultaneously. To myself, in my own thought space, which is all the world at a precise moment, and the circular, bubble-like space of others, who do not know me or may not know me. In other words, I am always known and unknown, and, of course, these “positions” are “real” depending on orientation. The question now is, Who is Clarissa?
You need permalinks, I think, since I tried to refer back to this post, and trackback doesn’t work that way.
Hi Maureen. Hi Clarissa.
Clarissa is who I am on the “Internet” space..It is an identity and not an identity..It is me, and not me…It is another way to be..another persona..personality…
New media offers us a chance hide behind “nicknames” or “persona”..We become actors on a wider stage [cyberspace]..Yet, we are not completely unknown…Our choice of nickname tells others something about us…for “Clarissa” is far different than say “Madonna” or “Kittykat”…
Most Graciously,
Maureen
*A Mayde in her own little woode…