Dear fellow artists,
I welcome you to my blog!
I especially welcome those amongst you who are feeling confused, scared and or stuck.
Why? Because I do too.
Exactly that, however, is the reason I want to starting this blog. Just today I got told “Don’t tell me now, write it down. I believe that writing helps you think”.
These words encouraged me in my decision to start this blog.
But let’s get into why I am doing this in a little more detail.
Sharing my experiences
I want to share my experiences, past and present, with other people going through similar struggles that I do. Art can be a tricky thing, as well as the life as an Artist professional or otherwise. It doesn’t really matter if you make money with your art, I believe that a lot of us go through similar things. For me it seems to be important to not only showcase the accomplishments of artists, and other people, but also how they got there. How did these seemingly happy people get to where they are? How happy are they really? And how can we help each other find ways to be our own happy artist?
Thoughts and Ideas
Another important part for me would be to share my thoughts and ideas with you. Considering that writing seems to help me get my head around ideas, I believe that this could be a great platform for me to be able to do just that. Think. Since doing so alone is boring and does not get me very far, I want to do it in a space where other people, you guys, can join me in that process.
This means I want to think, learn, grow and encourage others to do the same.
Books, Movies, Games and more
For the thinking part to work I need to get some food for thought. Through exposing myself to different media, books, films, games, music and so on and so forth, I want to fuel that process. As I mentioned before, I want to learn and what better way to learn than to expose myself to new things. That said, I also want to talk about what I consume and what I learned from it.
Now you might ask yourself what I get out of sharing these topics with you. Why not simpls keep a diary and track my thoughts and ideas in there? Obviously there are the reasons I mentioned before. From sharing my experience for others in similar positions as me, to expressing my thoughts, to learning more about myself and the world we all live in.
This, of course, includes discussion, inspiring myself and others, in other words, bringing together like minded people. A very nice addition is that through writing posts for this blog I get to practice my English, specifically my writing. Because no, English is not my first language, I just enjoy it a lot. That said I might also share and write some fiction for the same purpose. Considering that writing is also one way, next to drawing and painting, through which I express myself as an artist, I believe this fits the theme quite well.
Now that I have introduced this blog and what I hope it is going to be, all that is left to do is to just keep on writing.
Yours
M
InkyBlackSnow 