Writing a blog or a journal always seems like a good idea.
I haven't ever gotten this far before, but now that I'm here I realize
that they're gone. The thoughts that were crowding, pressing, filling
every square inch of the inside of my brain, begging to be spilled out, are
gone. Or maybe they're still there...but the hardest part is always figuring
out where to begin.
I'm not sure if there's some sort
of formal template to starting a blog. Do I need to start with some dull
paragraph about "who I am" or "why I'm doing this"? Do I,
or will I, even have an audience? Probably not, so I'll skip the part where I
share all of the deep intimate details of my life. I'm here because I need a
creative outlet; a place to record and publish my musings, projects, and
current hobbies/obsessions. This summer I have been pathologically
right-brained. In the last couple of months I have taught myself how to sew
with a new sewing machine,discovered a fondness for the letters "D. I.
Y.", and begun using a Wacom Intuos 4 drawing pad with Photoshop. The most
recent addition to my hobby shelf is a Canon EOS 60D. Hanging around my neck
for the past couple of weeks, this camera has helped me develop a new love for
photography. It's an amazing feeling to be able to capture so much with one
picture--it tells a story, it shares emotion, it reveals beauty. I love candid
shots because they create a lasting memory of a small blip in time that would
otherwise probably been overlooked in real time. A person laughing, for
example. People laugh every day. There is so much beauty in laughter! I've
found that I love to capture that.
Ok, this has gotten way too sappy
way too quickly. Anyway--Instead of clogging up my facebook news feed with
these pictures, I'm going to post them here. I'm not claiming to be any good at
this, but I'm having fun...and that's all that matters, right? :)
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