Writing it all down

So, hello anyone out there...

I took my inspiration for this first post from my friend Krista. She has been blogging about her life and design business for quite some time, and I thought it was about time to try it out myself. We both went to art school, and both recently left jobs that were stifling us to pursue something a little different. For her, that has been devoting all her time to her clothing line, which she produces herself and sells on the indie fashion circuit. For me, it has been returning to school to pursue another graduate degree.

That said, I miss producing art, which I used to do quite prolifically, and I miss writing about things outside an academic setting; it has been awhile since I really made anything for myself. My friend Christina has been suggesting that we procure a residency and work on a couple of collaborative projects, like we used to do in graduate school. It's a good idea, and one that I have been putting off for a few years now, mostly because work has taken precedence in my life for quite some time (and all my creative design work has been focused in that direction). In the interest of making time to create things, I am going to begin by posting something here each week. Eventually (maybe this summer) I will make time to work on those collective projects.

So, why should anyone out there care about any of this? I'm not really sure they should, however, this is the first step to reclaiming my time and redirecting my efforts; making it public is what will hold me to it. Here's to writing it all down... or at least some of it anyway.