Reasons to give up the blog:
Life feels more serious than it ever has before.
The things I think about are too personal to share.
The issues I wrestle with in family circles are too confidential to write about.
I’m becoming a visual person rather than a verbal person.
The world is so dark with wars and unrest everywhere you look, and the future of the world looks bleak.
I can’t keep my reactions to the genocide in Gaza off the blog for very long and blog readers most probably don’t want to hear about it over and over.
My life is quieter and with little that is new to write about.
I am very involved with my local Quaker meeting and the issues that arise are not suitable for sharing on a personal blog.
When the blog was in its heyday - which is when I called myself a writer, not a painter - I would forever be thinking of things to write about…I’d think “ooh, that’s bloggable.” I do occasionally think that these days but then I forget whatever it was. I suppose I could keep a book of bloggable subjects, but my creative mind and energies revolve around painting now, not writing.
I can tell you about three of my five grandchildren, but there is one who wants to stay off the blog, and the little one, MsX, has parents who keep her face and her name offline: I respect that in every way.
These are all the things that are rattling around my head as I wonder whether to give up the blog.
In the meantime, while I ponder, the news here is that I have finished two paintings this autumn that I am pleased with:
Cece is doing well in karate and last week broke this piece of wood with her foot!
Tate, who is now 20, and who long time readers will remember from the blog ten plus years ago when I was still allowed to blog about him is in the university climbing team. He is OK now about being back on the blog.
And here he is with Dave last Christmas, making the temporary DIY dining table for Christmas dinner:
Thought for the day:
6 comments:
Please don’t give up the blog, Sue. It’s a shining light in this increasingly dark world. Your paintings are beautiful.
Please don't abandon your blog - I really look forward to it no matter how infrequent. Your perceptive observations on a range of topics has given me food for thought on many occasions. A worthwhile reason to continue indeed.
Thank you, dear friends. I will hang in a little bit longer. xx
Here here!
Many of us out here in the ether are also feeling reduced to silence by the state of things in so many parts of the world. At the local market this morning, I was talking to a woman who cares deeply about the situation in Georgia - she was bemoaning the lack of media coverage. We agreed there are just so many areas to worry about.
If you do feel it’s time for a change with the blog Sue - then give yourself permission. But do consider continuing to share your artwork - we love seeing it.
And I’m sure I speak for many - just knowing you’re there feels good.
Thea x
Please try to keep your blog going. Your thoughts and what you ponder on, talk about resonate with so many of us. You reflect and articulate so fluently what so many of us feel and struggle to express. Your blog also cheers us up and even makes laugh out loud sometimes.
Please keep on blogging, if you possibly can. It's always a good read & food for thought. (I don't visit as often now I've left twitter but always catchup, maybe I should comment more...) Sally 😊
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