Why am I writing a blog in 2024? Aren’t AI/LLMs just going to replace blogs? There does seem to be a lot of auto-generated noise out there. This little collection of thoughts is a mere droplet in a vast sea. Maybe writing a blog is futile. Maybe I remember Wil Wheaton wrote a blog that…
Month: January 2024
Finding beauty where you can
I was looking for books on creativity and the creative process. Not how to make things, but why we make things. A philosophy of creativity, so to speak. During my initial search process I came across some reviews of “The Artist’s Way” (not an endorsement, I haven’t read it). One reviewer complained that it was…
Prolific
I don’t know how daily bloggers do it. I never intended to write posts daily, but those bloggers must have way more time than I do. Or they are just overflowing with material. I think I wouldn’t mind having either state. Or both.
Undirected creative frustration
Watching digital spaghetti’s interview with Natalie Lynn about cinematic video storytelling. I was actually almost brought to tears seeing this poignant, dark, top-director-feature-film style video content by a person who is SO young (to me, anyway). She has this natural ability to evoke a mood primarily by editing, and it seems almost instinctive. And one…
Capturing ideas
I’ve been experimenting with different methods for capturing ideas. Of course, capturing them is no problem, making them retrievable is another matter. The Heap My main method is an “ideas” text file in my cloud storage I call “The Heap.” Don’t even get me started on the tabs I have open on my browser “so…
My minimally creative project
Some time ago I was feeling down because I felt like I had no gas in my creative tank. Sometimes, that happens because I have too many projects, so I get frozen in indecision. Other times, life just squeezes all the juice out of me. This time it was the latter. So one day, as…
Blog accountability: the first week
Well, I fell off the wagon after two days. In my defense, I slept in unintentionally on day three and didn’t have my morning free time. And today I wasn’t feeling well. But that’s okay. They say it takes two weeks before something becomes a habit. My plan to avoid aimless scrolling is only temporarily…
On blogging and accountability
This is not my first blog. But this is the longest I’ve ever stuck with it. The shortest was 1 post, after which I forgot about them. I always held back from blogging. Partly because I was afraid that I wouldn’t be saying anything unique and profound. Partly because I felt like a blog was…