Yesterday, I lost myself in reading old blogposts… and feeling sorry for the fact that the artsy blog community isn’t what it was anymore. It’s not so long ago that I wrote long blog posts and many people came to visit this little online space of mine to read my words and leave their comments… and I visited a lot of blogs also. I loved reading stories and seeing pictures of the places people live, the art they created and their thoughts and insecurities and victories. There was a lot of sharing, supporting, talking and love going back and forth and a lot of the people I met online became friends. We all felt connected because we have the same passion: art. However, a couple of years ago, the focus shifted to Facebook and yes, I am on Facebook too. I had to. I don’t want to miss what’s going on in the art-world and I want to stay in touch with my artsy friends but still I miss the old blogging days…
OK. It must be my midlife age kicking in that makes me feel a bit melancholic. Enough rambling about the old days… on to the new days…
It’s been quite some time ago – almost a month – since I showed you pages from my Chronicles art journal. I have four spreads to show you, all very different from each other. I do like to experiment and change colors and techniques every week, depending on my mood… and that is exactly the fun of art journaling!
The Chronicles of Marit 2016 – Week 19
The Chronicles of Marit 2016 – Week 20
The Chronicles of Marit 2016 – Week 21
The Chronicles of Marit 2016 – Week 22
I’m curious to know which of these spreads you prefer or speaks most to you. Let me know in a comment, I LOVE comments!
Tsja, the good old blogging days! Op mijn blog is het ook niet meer zo druk en ik krijg ook niet meer zoveel reakties als vroeger, jammer. Facebook hapt ook de tijd weg, die ik anders zou besteden aan het reageren op blogs, die ik lees. Ik geniet altijd van je journaling en ik denk dat week 21 mij het meeste aanspreekt.
I’m not on Facebook so this is my connection. I appreciate you…b
Blogging for me is still more satisfying than FB where everything seems to in sound bites and disappears so quickly
That said I am a visual person and tend to not read long posts especially when I am not on my big computer. Photos tell so many stories. I always feel self conscious when my blog posts go over 300 words (WP gives the count when I prepare my drafts).
Different strokes for different folks as the saying goes.
I have noticed a drop in visitors to my blog.
I always enjoy seeing what you create dear Marit ♥
oxo
I agree with yo about blogging going by the wayside a bit… I’m still holding out on FB… I find it cumbersome. TFS!
Hi Marit! I too love the blogging days of yesteryear over today. (I will however interject that because I have no way to get email notifications of your blog, then I have to rely on chancing to see you have posted on Facebook – and I end up missing a lot, unfortunately. Readers do not work for me.)
I hope I do not tick off anyone, but there is also a big reason FOR ME as to why yesteryear was better — today everything is design team this & product that. I get so damn tired and irritated at being sold to 24/7/365. Being hit up, manipulated, played — when it should be all about sharing and what a REAL LIFE artist or art hobbyist is creating using whatever the hell scraps and leftovers are laying around. Which is why I have pretty much tried to unlike, unfollow any of that with people and with groups. So, when you reminisce about the good old days, I remember what made them sweet: less commercialism being one of them. Have a good one, cheers. xoxo
Hoi Marit, ik vind ze alle 4 leuk! Week 22 vind ik het mooist. Ik houd wel van veel en vol.
Wel blijven bloggen hoor! Je hebt zo’n leuk blog! Ik kom graag bij js kijken! Tegenwoordig heb ik ook een facebook account, maar ik vind het zo rommelig, en snel, zelf kan ik er zelden iets snel vinden. Instagram vind ik dan weer wel leuk. Google+ gaat ook wel. Bloggen blijft toch favoriet
Fin weekend! Maja.
Wat zijn je chronicles weer mooi/leuk en interessant geworden!
Ik bewonder je dat je al zo lang elke keer weer totaal iets nieuws ervan weet te maken.
En verder:
complimenten voor je mooie folder voor het Kuiperspoort-gebeuren. Ben benieuwd naar het vervolg.
Lieve groet van Nel.
Ze hebben allemaal wel iets maar ik denk dat de 4e me het meest aanspreekt. Misschien omdat die het meest gevarieerd is, er valt van alles op te zien en dat lukt niet met één blik, hij nodigt uit tot beter kijken. De 1e spreekt me daarna het meest aan.