| Jan022009 | Drawing Inspiration |
I came into work this morning even though we don’t technically start work until Monday. Just to stave off cabin fever.
Don’t start freaking out though because I didn’t actually do work. I just sat there and performed my usual morning routine of checking email and blogs. When it came to that time where I would usually start work (around 11am), I instead fired up my laptop and watched Iron Man whilst tucking into my first cup of coffee.
Afterward the coffee and the movie, I was all buzzed. I wanted to be all badass like Tony Stark and create things and tinker and look really smart. Childish, I know but I was being driven by caffeine. I thought about when I was reflecting on my New Year’s resolutions and how Indie Bloggers no longer exists.
I’d like to run an Indie Bloggers-style site that features a curated set of blog posts from interesting but lesser-known writers all over the internet. I’d want it to basically be an homage to the original except with a happier color scheme and a well organized archive. But I see a number of huge obstacles in my way:
1. Ego
This would essentially be an exercise in boosting my ego. While a community organizer should certainly be proud of their achievements, I’m more cynical and I think that like most websites driven by ego, it’s been thought of a zillion times already and it would die a slow death once it no longer becomes fun.
2. Content
I’m probably too cynical about writing style; I’m no connoisseur of the literary arts. I roll my eyes at poetry, free form prose, giant slabs of text with no paragraph breaks, and lack of punctuation. Not to say that I expect everyone to be a perfect essayist on the internet, it’s just that these remind me of the horrible things I wanted to write in my youth. I cringe because I understand the sentiment all too well.
3. Updating
I do not read very many personal blogs. The ones that I am subscribed to, I tend to skim over. At work, I develop a short attention span and I just don’t have the patience to read through everybody’s personal diatribes. This would certainly be counter-productive to running a website that highlights excellent personal writing.
Perhaps I would be better served sticking to my older idea of making a free WordPress theme for people to download. That could be fun and simple.
Another thing, I bought a Wacom tablet back in November and I’ve barely touched it since. I never really allowed myself time to draw except when I was stuck in class and bored out of my mind.
Now, it looks like I need to simulate those conditions again in order to want to draw anything. I’m not sure I have the discipline to do this when I’m at my computer because it’s so easy to open a browser window and just numb my brain with inane crap.
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