Sometimes I feel like the well has gone dry--I just don't have much to say, so today I'll write about that. I must begin to keep a pad in my pocket or purse to note the ideas that flit through my mind but don't stay long enough to get discussed and explored. Maybe it's old age again--my mind doesn't retain things long enough--no, I don't think so. I think I allow distractions to move in.
My new distraction is Pinterest. It is really clever for people who are interested in crafts, decorating, fashion, hair, nails, make-up, etc., but I am into the things you have to write about rather than the things you look at. I have had fun assembling some kite pictures, dogs, bread, Christian writers, Carnival--click over here to see what I did, but I wanted to give all the details and make comments. This is the place for me.
I don't know what to call myself; less visual comes to mind. I'm not good with fashion and trends. They look great on others, but I have neither the vision nor desire to pursue them. Ideas and meaning and consequences are the trails I like to follow. It all goes back to my mother and my father. They liked to read. Somewhere along the way, I caught the bug too. Writing something that communicates with other people is fabulous. Not that everybody agrees--no, it's a conversation, an argument, an exploration--remember, it's communication. The pictures and images are too, but they are not my medium.
My new distraction is Pinterest. It is really clever for people who are interested in crafts, decorating, fashion, hair, nails, make-up, etc., but I am into the things you have to write about rather than the things you look at. I have had fun assembling some kite pictures, dogs, bread, Christian writers, Carnival--click over here to see what I did, but I wanted to give all the details and make comments. This is the place for me.
I don't know what to call myself; less visual comes to mind. I'm not good with fashion and trends. They look great on others, but I have neither the vision nor desire to pursue them. Ideas and meaning and consequences are the trails I like to follow. It all goes back to my mother and my father. They liked to read. Somewhere along the way, I caught the bug too. Writing something that communicates with other people is fabulous. Not that everybody agrees--no, it's a conversation, an argument, an exploration--remember, it's communication. The pictures and images are too, but they are not my medium.
1 comment:
I'm with you, Gayle. I appreciate visuals in others, but especially with writing, I feel that you should be able to blog/write without pictures and have it be interesting. Good writing doesn't need visuals--it IS visual.
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