What Do I Call This?

OOH THIS IS SCARY 🫣

Last month I had the idea that I would write a blog. The idea seemed like a suitable way for my work to make a connection and it helps reduce the shame of being personal 😅 on social media. The fast nature of social media doesn’t resonate with me and yes I’ve tried to be personal on social media before and it has resonated well with other people but something about creating connection in that arena still doesn’t feel right to me. And since I don’t yet possess the sophisticated story telling skills of Reesa Tessa to captivate the short attention span of social media, I decided on a slower and longer form that is the art of writing. Now let’s have a heart-to-heart moment real quick… God keeps putting this idea in my head and I need to do it for some personal development. So WELCOME to my blog. I aint got a name for it yet 🫣. I’ll figure that out later LOL.

So Why Am I Making A Blog?

The idea of a blog was spurred because I painted my first self-portrait this year and when posting for instagram I alluded to some of the changes I had experienced in the past year that led me to making the painting. In completely honesty, I still felt like I hadn’t elaborated on both the painstaking and elaborate moments of life that brought me to making my first self-portrait. And I feel compelled to share — I.E. NEXT BLOG COMING SOON — because I want to be more vulnerable and share how my experience inspires my artwork.  So for the last three months I’ve been trying to figure out how to do that and we have arrived here at this blog. Also Donye Taylor definitely inspired this move because I’m subscribed to her newsletter and I just love how she navigates being both genuine and cultivated in that space.

If you’ve made it this far, THANK YOU and if you are interested to follow along and get some insight into the extraordinary playground that is my mind stay connected for more entries.