Once Again A Change
If you have been here before you will notice that I have made a change. Again. This template is by Andreas Viklund. My blog at Wordpress.com is done by him and I like it a great deal. Andreas is at the top of the list of designers in my estimation. What does my estimation mean? Probably nothing to most people. Because it is not backed up by any technical training or education. I only began blogging three months ago. I can barely figure out how to load templates with Filezilla.
My estimation is based on the same thing as my photos and writing . Feelings that matter. Not transitory wisps of smoke. Maybe you could call them instincts. In any case I have eliminated all the clutter. There is no more RSS blinking on and off like a neon sign outside a boarding room. There is no more cloud tag. Nothing, hopefully, will distract from the photos and the writing.
I realized this afternoon that I was being influenced by ideas relating to profitable blogging. And they are great ideas but not for me. I rationalized that point by saying that I was trying to increase readership. And I will still try to do that. But I’m not so concerned with it that I sacrifice my poor attempt to achieve a level of artistic accomplishment . I was trying to combine a personal blog with a photo blog. And that’s fine. But I also thought I could combine art with business. And I’m not talented enough to do all that. Especially when I’m trying to run a Wordpress.com and a Wordpress.org blog at the same time. It takes too much talent, time and effort for this fifty something year old guy with RLS to do.
So let’s concentrate on one thing and try to do it well. It won’t be easy. I have no illlusions about how far off the goal remains. What does art actually have to do with my life? My sense of humor? Day to day activities? With somebody like Andreas Viklund in my corner I hope and believe it is possible to discover some of the answers.
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