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rfmcdonaldPeople who read this blog have probably noticed that I like writing, and research, quite a bit. It's my raison d'être, I suppose, the thing that took me through my educational career, the structure that helped carry me and guide me when I needed to be carried and guided. The art of written language is fun: why not indulge in it?
There are other arts. At intervals when the long long grayness let up, I'd a passing interest in other arts. From Grades 4 to 6, I played music, violin for three and then recorder for one year. I took part in UPEI's debating society for several years. I own an untouched calligraphy set. Most recently, a few years ago I bought a sketch book and some pencil crayons with the intent of doing something. Why not do something?![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bitterlawngnome asked me almost five years ago? Why not indeed.
Photography has become my new art. It operates as a sort of art therapy for me, helping me frame and phrase the things I see around me, giving me another way to communicate my environment in its various glories. It's an enjoyable art, something that's respected despite its ongoing assimilation into the realm of digital imagery. I don't think I'll ever become more than a talented amateur, but who knows?
That's my experience. All of my readers have their own passions re: the arts, I'm sure. What new arts would you like to pick up? I've been thinking myself of opening up that calligraphy set, and not only because I'd like to improve upon the handwriting that deteriorated so very badly once I began my university career.
Discuss.
There are other arts. At intervals when the long long grayness let up, I'd a passing interest in other arts. From Grades 4 to 6, I played music, violin for three and then recorder for one year. I took part in UPEI's debating society for several years. I own an untouched calligraphy set. Most recently, a few years ago I bought a sketch book and some pencil crayons with the intent of doing something. Why not do something?
bitterlawngnome asked me almost five years ago? Why not indeed.Photography has become my new art. It operates as a sort of art therapy for me, helping me frame and phrase the things I see around me, giving me another way to communicate my environment in its various glories. It's an enjoyable art, something that's respected despite its ongoing assimilation into the realm of digital imagery. I don't think I'll ever become more than a talented amateur, but who knows?
That's my experience. All of my readers have their own passions re: the arts, I'm sure. What new arts would you like to pick up? I've been thinking myself of opening up that calligraphy set, and not only because I'd like to improve upon the handwriting that deteriorated so very badly once I began my university career.
Discuss.
