Sending Letters to Myself
January 31, 2005 Well, here I am. I have been putting some time and thought into what I want to do with this blog, since I have been unhappy with it for quite some time. I am thinking of keeping most of my pictures in a separate web gallery and going back to actually writing here on my blog. That's not to say I will never post another picture here, by any means. I am still in the process of thinking all this out.I started this blog to encourage myself to write more often, but I am more drawn to photography than to writing. And it is so easy to post a photo to my blog instead of having to sit in front of the keyboard and actually write something. I think the key is that I need to just write and not worry about who's reading this stuff. Trying to be clever or thoughtful is a lot harder than actually being clever or thoughtful. I don't want to have to think about it all. I just want to write. I suppose that, if I write something terrible, I can always delete it. Or... I can just let it sit there and be what it is.
I don't want to even think about each post having to be some polished piece of information that I am disseminating to the world. I just want this to be me writing to myself, for the most part. If anyone else is interested, so be it. Read along.
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Comments:
You already know that I agree with the approach you're taking, and that I'm trying to do something similar on my blog. As much as I like your photography, I've been wishing for a while that you would write more. I'm looking forward to seeing how well the new attitude works out for both of us.
Posted by: Bob at February 1, 2005 4:28 PM
Hi, I am so glad to hear your voice again, although I love your photographs too. When writing my own blog I have found it is best to not over-think the presentation, just let it be what it is, as you say. And I prefer reading "real " blogs, to those that are unrelentingly hip. So please keep going! ;->
Posted by: NB at February 5, 2005 3:01 AM
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