Why the world needs psychologists

"Finally, the very nature of the interviews and the techniques by which they are handled give us a rare opportunity to see to some extent through the eyes of another person -to perceive the world as it appears to him, to achieve at least partially, the internal frame of reference of another person. We see his behavior through his eyes, and also the psychological meaning which it had for him. We see also changes in personality and behavior, and the meanings which those changes have for the individual. We are admitted freely into the backstage of the person's living where we can observe from within some of the dramas of internal change, which are often far more compelling and moving than the drama which is presented on the stage viewed by the public. Only a novelist or a poet could do justice to the deep struggles which we are permitted to observe from within the client's own world of reality."

- Rogers, C. (1947). Some Observations on the Organization of Personality. American Psychologist, 2, 358-368.

More and more I'm realizing the implications of the blogosphere. It is a window into personality, in much of the sense that Rogers talks about -of course minus the clinical psychologist or psychiatrist. Perhaps the internet has come to take on this role, this blog -along with all the millions of others - serving as the medium, and the cyber equivalent of cowboys (see Gibson's Neuromancer) serve as the audience.

What kind of implications is this having for our collective consciousness? Our feelings and emotions are increasingly related to the types of internet activities we partake in, e.g., posting a youtube video on someone's facebook wall, or venting frustration in a blog. In a way, our inner thoughts are becoming more and more public.

This will be my last post in this blog, for the window into this particular time period of my life is now having the curtains drawn over it. I'm fairly confident it won't be my last blog, but we'll just have to wait and see what the topic of the next stage of my collectively heard life will be...

I'm happy that anyone ever read this thing, and I commend you for doing so -be on the lookout for more crazy adventures in new, even more cleverly titled blogs.

PEACE I'M OUTTA HERE!