I'm starting an art blog. Perhaps you're asking, why? (Or, perhaps you're not. Most likely you're just accepting the fact without question...whatevs.)
BUT-- to answer the question that was probably not asked: I'm starting an art blog to sort of get back into it all. Art, I mean. It seems that I sort of fell out of art for a while. (Can one fall out of art? Maybe one was never in art in the first place, if this is the case. But that's for another time.)
Long ago, before I began creating three-dimensional, textile things, I made pictures. And I don't know how it happened, but at some point, I just sort of quit making pictures. I still had sketchbooks lying around, but they were always full of costume designs or knitting plans and not much else. Drawing for the sheer enjoyment of it was no longer something I did, which is pretty pathetic and kind of sad to admit to. My other creative pursuits could be called "art," and certainly I get immense pleasure from them, but they're just different from drawing and painting. I can't describe that difference properly, so for the moment, I won't attempt to.
Anyway, I suppose this journal is sort of an exercise in encouragement, something I'm setting up that I will drive myself to tend to--the whole accountability thing, you know. I plan to post my work and other people's work and musings and whatever I fancy at the moment, at least once a week, in the hopes that it will inspire me to continue growing and developing my art.
I'm a little ashamed that I allowed these things to drift out of my life, but admitting there's a problem is the first step, right? So take my hand, and join me on this adventure. Please? I'll give you stuff if you do. (Not really. But maybe! But probably not.) Goodnight.
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