egotistical blogging? or art forms?

so I was just sitting here with my cup of coffee and a book. typing out some interesting passages to share with a friend via a message.
i thought about some words a person told me about the self importance of the whole blogosphere- myspace, facebook, blogger, etc. He said these are all ways to show our egotistical need to be validated and affirmed. (maybe not his words exactly, but to that effect)
then yesterday as i sat reading this wonderful book called In His Presence, I thought, this author's words could very well be in blog form and be obtaining just the same effect on me. I was encouraged by this writer's words, whether it was on paper pages or web pages. if he shared his thoughts on the internet, would that mean he is automatically buying into the self-importance of elevation of self? i think not.
to me it is the intent that may be key. why is one blogging, writing, creating, sharing about "oneself" on the internet? to some, it may very well be to gain affirmation from the general public (after all, don't we do that anyway when we leave the door to our house in today's latest styles, name drop literary geniuses that have "inspired" us, and listen to New Music Tuesday's on the Mountain?) and to others, it may be to INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, CONVICT, CONNECT and confess. there are quite a few blogs and thoughts and myspaces that have left me encouraged and lend me to think about the divine and how He is at work in my life. some others have only left me with a feeling of ignorance and confusion as their words puff up like balloons.

as i wrote to my friend today;
"Whatever it is, surely art involves creativity and originality. Whatever form art takes, it gives outward expression to what otherwise would remain locked in the mind, unshared. One individual personality has definite or special talent for expressing in some medium..."
-p.14 Hidden Art by Edith Schaeffer

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men"
Colossians 3:23