Comments on: The making of a medical videographer — autobiography as a ‘care of self’-genre http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/22/the-making-of-a-medical-videographer-autobiography-as-a-care-of-self-genre/ Medical Museion @ University of Copenhagen Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Øystein Horgmo http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/22/the-making-of-a-medical-videographer-autobiography-as-a-care-of-self-genre/comment-page-1/#comment-246544 Øystein Horgmo Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:38:19 +0000 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/22/the-making-of-a-medical-videographer-autobiography-as-a-care-of-self-genre/#comment-246544 This of course do not only apply to written autobiographies, but the autobiographies we all constantly update in our minds. This of course do not only apply to written autobiographies, but the autobiographies we all constantly update in our minds.

]]> By: Øystein Horgmo http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/22/the-making-of-a-medical-videographer-autobiography-as-a-care-of-self-genre/comment-page-1/#comment-246543 Øystein Horgmo Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:35:14 +0000 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/22/the-making-of-a-medical-videographer-autobiography-as-a-care-of-self-genre/#comment-246543 A new experience for me to be theorized like this, but an interesting one. Especially the point about autobiography being closer to fictional writing than a biography. Writing about one's life I think we tend to (unconsciously) make connections between the things that happen to us. Making order out of the chaos that is life. Creating a consistent story out of what might really be a string of coincidenses. This is maybe a basic human <i>modus operandi</i> to stay sane. Making our lives important, at least to ourselves. A new experience for me to be theorized like this, but an interesting one. Especially the point about autobiography being closer to fictional writing than a biography.

Writing about one’s life I think we tend to (unconsciously) make connections between the things that happen to us. Making order out of the chaos that is life. Creating a consistent story out of what might really be a string of coincidenses. This is maybe a basic human modus operandi to stay sane.

Making our lives important, at least to ourselves.

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