Ever heard of writers block, blank page syndrome...well i know they aren't real things but i have been staring at the blank page of this blog for a few weeks now and erased every single word i have written. I started my theory as practice blogs trying to write very formally and trying to cram as much information in as possible. But the truth is I'm not good at writing at all, every blog post was taking hours to write and no words were coming naturally. I could draw and doodle typography for hours but ask me to write and my mind goes blank.
I realised my blog was lacking a lot of my personality which is a major component in my practice.
So after my seminar today on writing our own manifesto I was determined to make my blog more interesting and something that shouted out my personality. I decided to start from scratch by how i work best. I took a sentence from the workshop and put it in the centre of a page and let my ideas follow one after another in a giant mind
splurge.
Turns out writing comes a lot more easily if you just do it. Nothing comes naturally if you think about it too much, writing as you talk is the way forward.
My aim from now on is to create in little segments everyday. I am going to carry around a sketchbook and document things i see , hear , smell whether thats in the form of typography, note taking , doodles or cartoons. I am going to let my life around me influence my work. You never know what might provide you with that light bulb moment!
