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Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptable for one's private, secret thoughts - like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. in the journal i do not just express myself more openly than i could to any person; i create myself. ... the journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. it represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather - in many cases - offers an alternative to it.
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Superficial To Understand The Journal As Just

Susan Sontag
Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptable for one's private, secret thoughts - like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. in the journal i do not just express myself more openly than i could to any person; i create myself. ... the journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. it represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather - in many cases - offers an alternative to it.
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