I’ve been resisting internet social media. I signed up for facebook years ago to view some videos of a friend, and didn’t post anything myself until a few months ago. I hate the pretentiousness of social media, the idea that there are people out there that actually think what they are doing is so interesting that it warrants constant twittering of the minutia of their daily lives.
I had always lumped blogs in with twitter. I am a relatively modest person, and do not think that anyone is interested in following my life or my work. It was only after I started visiting blogs by artists that I admire that I even considered it.
And, after doing it for a little more than a month, I have found the advantage to blogging. It is not ego, though I do think that is the draw for some people. This blog forces me to progress. Even though no one is visiting but my wife and I, I have put forth to the internet my personal artwork.
If I give up on a project, it is a public failure. It’s not that big of a deal, but it helps drive me to continue. One of the hardest things about taking on a personal project is seeing it through to completion. It’s easy to be excited about an idea when you start, but once you start hitting roadblocks, it’s easy to lose the desire to finish.
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