So, its that time of year again. A year on since i last wrote a blog post and feeling pretty guilty - have wanted to be able to write a daily blog for a long long time and this time I'm going to stick to it!! Hoping to have it is a 'bit of everything' blog - covering everything from art, food, inspiration and fashion to my current thoughts and ramblings. This is more a blog for myself, but if other people wish to read then be my guest :)
Recently I've found with so many image based site, such as Instagram, Pinterest, tumblr etc its easy to look at images and re-blog etc without actually giving any thought to the pictures themselves. As quickly as we look and like <3 the picture, it is gone in an instant - never to be looked upon again. Ive started to wonder however, why we are drawn to certain images? Everyone has a different aesthetic taste as it were, hence why each Instagram, Pinterest account etc is different.
I have to say, Instagram is by far my favourite picture based social platform. For me, it is the most original as it allows users to share their photographic eye no matter what creative background they have. It can show a visual diary and journal of someones life and travels. From the obvious imagery of food and drink - to unusual places, beautiful sunsets, countries or more detailed photographs that show someones unique perspective of the places and objects surrounding them.
Its strange that with such an abundance of visual imagery surrounding me, that i seem to be less inspired than ever before. Much like a writers block, as a creative individual hoping to finish and get a degree in visual communication, my imagination and ability to compose various ideas etc seems to have diminished in recent months - much to my frustration. Which really brings me strongly to the belief that inspiration in primarily found in life - the people, places and things that surround us rather than sreen based images of things. That one has to be immersed in a sense of travel, nature and things which perhaps others would fail to pick up on or are aware of. Each journey, walk, trip or simple day-to-day tasks contains an opportunity for a story or an idea - but one has to be in tune and receptive to these, to look both closely at the details and a wider view for the whole picture.
Enough of the deep stuff, its feeling more spring like which I'm loving. Warmth and sunshine trumps cold and snow anyway. So bring on the warm days, colourful flower beds and positive vibes! This year I'm going to make things happen again, miss being a busy bee - flitting between Bath and London meeting amazing creative people, running on adrenaline and ideas. Time to start a new chapter :) Happy Spring y'all!
