Taking the Blog off the shelf

''Oh Dear'' This was what I said once I had remembered about my forgotten blog, dusting it off from the digital and creative shelf life. I hadn't given much time or thought to it yet it now seemed the perfect way to express imaginative thought, ideas and research, art work and critique as I didn't keep a journal and my poor friends ears had become weary of my informative onslaughts. Along with the neglected blog had been a dwindling productive art life and a failing pursuit of a creative career.

''No More!'' I then said to myself, knowing that a return to the blogging platform would not be a one shot answer to my creative woes, It was a start in the right direction or rather in finding the right direction. The Blog would serve as a particularly useful area in which to address research, articles, interviews and other information I had taken in, It would serve as a place to express the ideas and imagination of myself (or others) and of course as a gallery of my work depicting my overall progress and future course.

''Why Bother?'' Then crept into my mind. Doubt is a pain but it brings questions worth answering, I mean, blogging takes time, is it worth blabbing on, serving your own ego when time is a precious commodity. I argued with myself (sanely) that it was worth it, writing time could be restricted, posts could be planned, noted and time could be saved. Furthermore, it was a blog it wasn't like i was writing a book. Its primarily function was to serve myself as an online track record of what I had actually done towards what I wanted to do or learn  and if it helped others by sharing, all the better.

''Get to it!'' So that was then, this is the idea and its justification. What does this mean in practical terms? The blog was only one element of a larger action plan to actually get myself into an ideal career, that came with some practical steps to it. As mentioned, this blog not only serves as a digital log of my artwork but also  as a brainstorm for my ideas on a potential career/pursuit, gathering general insights towards the games industry in particular but also traditional and emerging forms of media, art and communication. Its serves not only myself as a melting pot for ideas, concepts, designs and insights but also as a tool for those possible employers (or general viewers) to gain a wider understanding of where my mind and passions lie and along with the processes and results of such. In short, the blog is back!