This coming year is turning out to be a major milestone in my life as an artist
and in many other aspects of my life. I am moving ahead with the "no looking back"
attitude that will either take me or break me and am preferring the prior of
the two options. Either way, this is going to be a year of stretching, learning and
discovery.
As part of this commitment to my future goals, I have decided to take
an online blogging class given by one of my favorite blogs
ArtBizBlog.com
by blogger and art coach Alyson Stanfield and Cynthia Morris who is the blogger at journeyjuju.com
and orginalimpulseblog.com. I have now committed to a 4-week Blog Triage Class.
At the start of this class, of course, is the base question from which all else
comes...Why do I blog and who am I hoping to be blogging for? So here it is...
Why do I blog?
I had initially decided to start blogging as a new creativity and accountability
tool for myself. I have the discipline of keeping both a journal and a
sketchbook and thought that posting some of my sketches online would keep me
accountable to my art in some way. Both the journal and sketchbook are what I
use to give my creativity a place to grow and find a voice. They are very
different from the refined finish drawings that represent me as an
artist. We all have the polished exterior that we carefully present to the
world, but in showing these glimpses of art that I normally would be hesitant
to share because they aren't the perfect finished pieces, I hope to create that
personal human connection that touches each of us in some way
when we come in contact with another's soul being bared.
Through sharing my thoughts and sketches I hope to give those who enjoy my art a
deeper sense of who I am as a person and what drives my creativity. Further, I hope to
give inspiration to other artists as they do to me when I admire their work. I also
hope to give those I have done commissioned work for a greater sense of what I
go through in the process of creating something unique and valuable to them. I
always say being an artist is a little bit like being a surrogate mother. You go
through the emotional ups and downs, the preparation and birthing, but in the end
your ultimate joy comes from giving that joy to someone else. My hope is that my
blog reflects that.
