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We’ve come to the end of the blog swap experiment, and here are my thoughts about it:

First of all, it has enriched my blog. Chris introduced some new topics to my blog, and the depth of his thinking and writing are an inspiration for me. Especially his thinking on the nature of this experiment just blew me away. He wrote very eloquently about it here, and I for one, will certainly try to shift my thinking on blogs from a “place” metaphor to a “pants” metaphor from now on :o)

I found myself getting a little worried that the swap would create some confusion and chaos for readers of my blog. If you’re just a casual visitor, you might never notice that the posts this week are not mine, and would people wonder why I’m suddenly into aboriginal music? I thought about this and decided that creating a little chaos and confusion once in a while is really a good thing, and to just lean back and see what comes out of it.

Writing on Chris’ blog made me think more deeply about what I was writing. First of all, I wanted it to be something that was relevant to the people who regularly read here, but I also wanted the stuff to be good, so I probably spent a little more time on each post than I normally do.

A great big thank you to Chris. I admire him for trying this out, even though as he writes here, he was unsure about it. I could actually sense his reluctance when we emailed about the idea a while back (don’t ask me how but I could), but it was great to try it.

To me it has been weird, fun, confusing, chaotic, scary, new, uncomfortable, interesting, and much more. In short: A real learning experience (yaaaay). And now it’s back into my old, comfortable pants. I hope to see you there (here the pants metaphor gets a little shaky).