Hi. How are you doing?
It’s been awhile and a lot has happened since my last post and my mind has been on many a varied journey.
For the first time really, I’m starting to see blogging as a means of reaching oneself more than securing followers. I don’t mean to sound disingenuous regarding past posts. I never started blogging to get famous. However there is a well circulating thought in the media world about blogging in this fashion : It’s day is done.
What was once a very important means to reach others of like interests, written blogs have been eclipsed by video blogs such as predominately, YouTube. (This is not to say I won’t use YouTube. In fact I already have to some degree.) It’s basically come down to this, I need to write. I need to blog.
At the back of one’s mind was the idea that by blogging one would attract readers to one’s art or whatever wares may be dangling on the sidebar. I fell for that too. I must confess to the Papal Papyrus that a small part of me thought that this blog might somehow help further my chances of being discovered as an artist -hey, it’s tough to be honest and deeply introspective.
That being said, I now realize that I’m in a relationship with writing.
I still like to play with words. I need to. I need to jot down my thoughts. This man can’t live on visual expression alone. And maybe that’s a good thing. My Mom, who’s now in a nursing home, has suffered with some dementia for quite some time now. Others on her side of the family , which I seem keen to follow on so many other inherited issues (eye roll), have been affected by this mental affliction. Perhaps writing, for me, will serve as some type of antidote. Who knows.
Do I care if you like my post? Sure I do. It’s honesty again. Should I quit even if no one reads? I don’t think so. Should I avoid plugging my product? I don’t think so (here’s my revamped Etsy store ,btw, wink). Sorry, old habits…
So I’m knocking on an old friend’s door. There’s some stuff I’ve got to get down on virtual paper. Maybe I need a shoulder to cry on too. A lot has happened. I know a lot has happened to everyone. At 60, I never imagined living through a pandemic (watching it ravage the economy-the rich getting richer and social programs struggling to get a hand up) or the world being soooo close to another ‘World War”. That’s a lot of background stress added to each of our lives which comes with it’s own duress just form living.
I’ve got more to say.
More to say about my art, about what I’ve personally experienced ( what my body has been through). Are you listening? It matters to me but it also doesn’t. Don’t be offended. I need to write. I need to collect my thoughts on the changes in my own life perspectives and my art.
I’ve had quite a brush with life, to be honest.
Stay tuned. Thanks for visiting!