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This first post follows quite a lot of indecision over how to document my thought process this year. I've created this in an attempt to find a method that is easily accessible and feels natural to do. I was partly inspired to take up blogger by a facebook friend, whose blog (which I read through earlier) is very raw and honest: I can imagine her saying the things I was reading, and I think this is important for the approach I am aiming for, and a useful manner for reflecting on my own work and ideas.

I want to write as I think or as I might speak to someone, to jot down an idea quickly as well as discuss and pick apart ideas at length. I see this new method as a cross between facebook and tumblr, where I share photos of work, ideas and inspiration; twitter, where I am most likely to comment on events that occur as they happen; and personal interactions, where I work through my opinions as I hear myself speak them.

An issue that I have with writing my ideas down in a journal, on paper is that I always consider the audience. I picture them reading over my words and cater it to them, writing in proper sentences, which is not true to my thought process,  and filling a page for the sake of using the paper. This is not a private blog, but I don't intend for it to accommodate for the reader: I will not explain things that I already understand, or locate things I know the context to. In this way, it can be an honest, insightful, helpful, methodic strategy for developing my work.