If this is not too indiscreet, I have a little question for you: why do you blog? I'm just curious to know what motivates you, what you like about it...
I started to blog on Myspace. I joined a few years ago and found some great artists there and met very interesting people, to say the least. Much like here, my blog was mostly about my wanderings.
Then I open an online store and thought I should broaden my audience and started this blog. Ha! It didn't bring one more client. I mostly sell my stuff to close friends. My store is actually more of a place for them to take a look at what I do. Actually, I've been working so much the last months that I wasn't able to paint or draw much. Some of you guys can juggle work, family and art but I can't (and I don't even have children!) Hats of to you!
Where was I? Okay, so I continue blogging cause I think I'm kind of addicted to it now. I met great people and find such great inspiration in blogland. Sometimes I get tired of it, or I don't have much to say or to show, so I take a little break, then come back.
So I am wondering, why do you blog?
And if you are interested, my last Myspace blog was about my thoughts on online networking. I haven't change my mind on this subject...
Have a fun day!
21 comments:
Hi! I blog because I want to have my work exhibited. To me, my blog is like my own little museum. And I want to share a small part of my life with interesting, creative people like you. With people who have an eye for special things. Sometimes I'm a little bit scared of sharing too much with the big, big world outside...
I think I am addicted to it, too. I like the connection to other bloggers and I am able to showcase my art and not worry if it will sell or not. It is just photos I take for the sake of making art. Plus, it is fun
un jour une amie m'a suggéré l'idée d'ouvrir un blog, why not, j'étais en chomage. Et j'ai débuté avec un blog cuisine,par gourmandise... Par la suite j'ai eu la piqure et j'ai commencé à faire de plus en plus de photographie et hop j'ai ouvert mon blog photo. Un blog c'est un moyen d'expression pour moi, pour exprimer ma créativité, voilà!
ok - this one needs more time. I'll try to get bak to you tonight!
Hmmmmm. It started as an experiment, just another area which technology made possible, and which I wanted to 'try' out (like facebook or secondlife). I initially wanted to use my blog as a 'journal' for myself of stuff that I like, but it has now kind of morphed into an exploration of my creative self. I have become addicted to it and since I've started blogging (over a year ago) I find that I view much of my everyday experiences through a different, new lens. I like what it makes me try out. I like that it allows me to show other people my creative journey, bit by bit. I love how other people's blogs inspire me. I also sometimes get tired, and take a small break. I've found that blogging three times a week suits me best, I got too frantic doing it every day.
I actually find blogging and keeping my blog going extremely hard! I do it because I enjoy looking through a window into the worlds of other artists and I hope that people like looking through my window in the same way!
Je dépose mes photos (ou autres) pas mal de temps à l'avance, du coup, c'est toujours la surprise pour moi le jour X, ce décalage, comme si on vivait à rebours. Et puis cela devient un album de famille (mes fantômes). Parfois je me juge ridicule, mièvre, vulgaire, parfois j'aime mes choix. Un blog personnel, c'est un confort, une exclusivité sans influence.
I don't really know why I blog. I started with a different purpose, but when I actually started blogging, it faded away. So it is what it is. I enjoy visiting other blogs, blogland is full of very talented and interesting people and images.
i love your picture, and the question is interesting. i started my blog when i moved from the city to the countryside. i think i was afraid of disappearing, not being able to connect to the world. i wasn't really aware of the huge social thing going on, but now i am addicted :) and as anairam said, i also feel it is extremely inspiring in many aspects of my life and that it has made me view many things through a different lens.
oh, what a complicate question! :-)
apparently simple but – almost to me – very deep related
blog to be in touch with the outside
blog to find affinities
blog to find critics
blog to offer my work and daily discoveries to others
blog to monitorize my progress by exposing it to the outside
blog to give a frame to my visions
blog because I am ensecure and iperminded
these are some aspects, but I suppose not all
now – which are instead the reasons for colosing our beloved blog? (the other side of open it)
I am discovering these days that closing a blog contains aspects and difficulties maybe more heavy than keeping it open: facing a debacle is never too easy, experimenting that people usually don’t mind about the effort of collecting and offering our own experiences / didn’t like this kind of continuous catching in mine - but mostly didn’t like my ambiguous going on, without committment, detached from a social view, from reality, and following a very poor and static form of beauty / my blog was spoiling me instead of making me richer!
well, this is an answer to nathalie, sorry if it is a little long - could write it in facebook but it seems better right to publish it here :-)
ciao! / c
ps/
the picture, you know, it is very nice!
I faved it in flickr :-)
I've been blogging for years, first on LiveJournal and then I had two blogs before the one I have now. I have always referred to blogging as "talking to myself on the Internet." For me, it's journaling, and a way to keep track. I do love the conversation, but you need to work hard at getting a following.
I originally started blogging as a digital sketchbook of sorts. So that I could see my process and it would be a bit removed so I could really see it. ( I used to hold my work up to the mirror to do that(: , I am a bit dorky)
I really didn't think anyone would look at it or comment and am thrilled now with the sense of community. So nice to have feedback and the inspiration from visiting other blogs daily. Nice to not feel like I am working in a vacuum. Nice to see the wealth of passion and creativity all over the world and to share it- isn't that just the point of it all? (:
Wow... such a beautiful image with this post... hmmm, and much to ponder upon. I started my blog knowing very little of blogging and I started it so as to have somewhere to put my work. I quickly found that what I loved best about it was sharing, conversing and showing my recent work. Such a sweet community I feel I have tumbled into. And whilst I may not have as much time as I would like to blog, I doubt I'll give it up anytime soon.
I like your blog- and your creativity. so even if it might not have brought you more customers, i do really enjoy it and feel inspired by reading it
i sort of got slowly into blogging- through other bloggers i met on ravelry. and it took me a good 6months to find my feet in it. now over a year later, it has become a journal for my inspirations and i show some of my creative things. i found good friends through blogging and i also found lots of inspiration and support in the blog community.
i am still contemplating to open a internet shop.. i find it easier to sell to strangers than to my friends- i cant charge them- sigh!, ok i am useless at sales!!
i think it is ok for people to take breaks from their blogs every now and then, i have done so last months- sometimes one just doesnt have much to say!
interesting thoughts, Nathalie... i blog for fun and i like its linearity, it kind of helps me keep track of my own development in my chosen field.
it's also great as i get to network with lovely people like you and being inspired motivates me to give back. It's gotta be a good thing, right?
long live this great community of art/design bloggers!
is that a painting of yours?
so beautiful...
I really wanted to answer you properly on this one ... but didn't get the time before really.
Nowadays blogging means that I feel not that lonely in front of the computer. I smile and think about other bloggers (like you) when I'm in my studio.
Blogging had also meant that I have gotten to meet thses fanstastic people in real life (Thereza, Marie-louise, Kristi ... and Camilla. Thogh that was not really how C and I met at first. But maybe why we got to know each others properly?)
And a good side effect is that I sure do document everything I do. I have improved as a photographer. And I formulate my thoughts out loud with my new Sunday series - hoping it will be helpful not just for me.
I am addicted, I love to share, I like to keep a record of things in an organised way, its like a diary, it feels magic, I still can't get around how you are showing, potentially, someone you don't know on the other side of the planet, the the drawing/photo/whatever you just did.
Its fun, in a geeky way.
PS. I LOOOOOVE that photo of the pink flowers
My blog is like a journal. In it I record the projects that I am working on. It is also a way for me to be connected to other people, many of whom work at home as I do. It makes me accountable for my work in a personal way. With clients the important thing is to be on time, on budget and, of course, to deliver a good illustration. With my blog I can go a little deeper and talk about what inspires or motivates me and get feedback on those topics from other artists and friends. It also helps me stay on track with my goals. If I say it aloud to the world, then I sort of have to do it : )
Nathalie, your Myspace blog about online networking is spot on! I agree with every nerve in my body.
And I love, love those roses.
I started blogging because I was struggling to have a creative outlet. I also wanted to document my daily life so i could ponder things properly. But then blogging turned into sharing with others, meeting people with similar interests, seeing life through other people's eyes and has ended up being a source of inspiration and balance. It's worth the effort.
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