Hello readers. I think many of you are probably coming here from my SNS accounts like instagram. There I have announced that I would be starting a blog in order to show my artwok which is in exhibit right now. Because of the state of the emergency in this area of Japan at the moment, I am unable to openly welcome people to come and see it from anywhere but the immediate local area, so I thought I would be showing the artwork more in detail online, so people who would normally come see my shows could see it as well as everyone who wouldn't be able to travel to see it anyway.
So, I will be doing that in upcoming posts, however for this first post, I am going to write about other reasons why I'm starting this blog. (FYI, the image above is just my most recent collage and not from the exhibit I'm having.) I have actually been thinking about starting a blog for quite some time. I don't know exactly when the thought came to mind, but it might have been since like a year ago. Why did it take so long for me to start? I am a creature of habit and starting new things is not my forté. This situation with my exhibit was the reason I needed to get off my butt and actually do it. I am quite aware that this is on blogger and it's likely not the most visually pleasing blog to use. If I have to worry about the web design aspect of it I would likely never make it, so if you are web design police, I will not be taking any of your friendly advice.
If you have known about me for a long time (like 20 years), you might remember that I had a section on my website called "days of mumble". That was sort of like a blog except that blogs didn't even exist back then as far as I know. I had to make the page from scratch which was a lot of work, but I had fun with it while it lasted. Eventually, I stopped updating it and the website sort of disappeared too. I am not sure I will ever try to revise that website, but I have been feeling the need for an outlet so to speak. As some of you may know, I used to live in NYC where I was seeing friends regularly, but I've moved to Japan to a more remote area where I don't have as many friends who I might have conversations on a regular basis. In a way I'd already achieved the lifestyle of keeping social distance before this #covid19 situation ever started. I don't necessarily feel the need to go out of my way to make new friends at this stage in my life, but I do feel like I need an outlet for my not so "deep thoughts". So, this blog will be a place for putting out things that are in my head that are just fermenting there as well as showing artwork and other related activities I might be doing. It may or may not be be entertaining to you, so if it doesn't float your boat, don't worry about it. Just come and go as you please.
Regarding the name of this blog "THE MUMBLE MENTALITY", I am very aware of the famous book with a similar title. I am not disrespecting that, in fact I am intentionally using a similar name to give my own spin on it. I will be writing about that in an upcoming post.
So, I will be doing that in upcoming posts, however for this first post, I am going to write about other reasons why I'm starting this blog. (FYI, the image above is just my most recent collage and not from the exhibit I'm having.) I have actually been thinking about starting a blog for quite some time. I don't know exactly when the thought came to mind, but it might have been since like a year ago. Why did it take so long for me to start? I am a creature of habit and starting new things is not my forté. This situation with my exhibit was the reason I needed to get off my butt and actually do it. I am quite aware that this is on blogger and it's likely not the most visually pleasing blog to use. If I have to worry about the web design aspect of it I would likely never make it, so if you are web design police, I will not be taking any of your friendly advice.
If you have known about me for a long time (like 20 years), you might remember that I had a section on my website called "days of mumble". That was sort of like a blog except that blogs didn't even exist back then as far as I know. I had to make the page from scratch which was a lot of work, but I had fun with it while it lasted. Eventually, I stopped updating it and the website sort of disappeared too. I am not sure I will ever try to revise that website, but I have been feeling the need for an outlet so to speak. As some of you may know, I used to live in NYC where I was seeing friends regularly, but I've moved to Japan to a more remote area where I don't have as many friends who I might have conversations on a regular basis. In a way I'd already achieved the lifestyle of keeping social distance before this #covid19 situation ever started. I don't necessarily feel the need to go out of my way to make new friends at this stage in my life, but I do feel like I need an outlet for my not so "deep thoughts". So, this blog will be a place for putting out things that are in my head that are just fermenting there as well as showing artwork and other related activities I might be doing. It may or may not be be entertaining to you, so if it doesn't float your boat, don't worry about it. Just come and go as you please.
Regarding the name of this blog "THE MUMBLE MENTALITY", I am very aware of the famous book with a similar title. I am not disrespecting that, in fact I am intentionally using a similar name to give my own spin on it. I will be writing about that in an upcoming post.
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