Performing...?

Not to get all metalinguistic on you, but...

Are these blogs (or any writing, for that matter) considered performances? Today we saw how it can be difficult to determine what is or is not a performance, and I can't decide whether writing is or not.

In a way, I think writing can be considered a performance because it's generally intended for an audience. Also, the writer shapes his or her thoughts in a way that would be the most appealing for a particular audience (you might write in one style for one audience but in another style for a different audience).

But maybe one could argue that writing is not a performance because the act of writing itself is not intended for anyone to see and is not really open to much interpretation. When I see someone in the act of writing, the extent of my thoughts is usually "there's someone writing;" there is not much to analyze.

Or, maybe writing is just a form of evidence of the performance that lies behind it.