Lewis and Clark
There a lots of ways to divvy up personalities, from the Myers-Briggs type indicators to my long-time favorite: are you Beatles or are you Stones. But I'm working on a new one, William Clark v. Meriwether Lewis.
Clark was organized, methodical, commanding, and his journal entries from the 1804 expedition are daily, factual, and interesting but not compelling. He was had a fine career, apart from the expedition, and is buried here with great distinction at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Lewis was visionary, artistic, a companion of Jefferson, and wrote in his expedition journal only in occasional bursts, accompanied with illustrations, but with long periods of silence. He died young, alone, on a trip back to the East on the Natchez Trace, probably by his own hand.
So in the world of public diarists - what we call, somewhat tediously, bloggers - how do we split up?
I suppose I'm Lewis, but I should be Clark.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
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