Back to blogging

Here I am back to blogging for two reasons...
1. I want to learn to write more
2. Instagram is getting too overwhelming and I feel like I am just fighting for a space there whereas this blog feels like my own space, where I don't have to compete with anyone to give a voice. What a breath of fresh air

So about writing--I always have these outlines of points and sentences that form themselves as I lay in bed trying to get some sleep at night. By morning, I have forgotten all that I wanted to write and lost the motivation to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard if you may).

Blogging is where I get the space to be creative and get things out, it's my creative outlet.
Particularly, I need to move away from simply lifestyle/what I see in my daily life and travels to writing more about musicology-theology related things, and more culture. A bit more research, if you will.

Coffee--I have become one of those social media sinkers who "like" every pretty coffee photos that come out. I am not much of a shopping person, so the cafe-coffee experience is my weak spot. It gives me a sense of enjoyment which I relate to time spent having meaningful conversations with people (because a cup of coffee is meant to be sipped slowly over the course of at least an hour and that is how conversations can go beyond the 'Have you eaten today?' brevity), and to spending time with a good book or working on a paper. In reality, a fraction of my coffee time is spent trying to take photos of the moment to make it somehow last.

Exploring places--why do I go? what do I want to see? what kind of photos do I want to share?
I've been quite random, always imitating others' styles in different seasons. Consistency is something I lack. I don't know, I can't seem to stay with a thing long enough and I never get satisfied. I don't know how to restrict myself to one style, not that we have to resist change. However, I do need to sit down long enough to develop something out of persistence doing one thing well--maybe not very well at first, but with time, surely something will come out of the amateur beginnings.

So yea, back to blogging.
Please pardon the random musings, inaccuracy in words and information, and stay with me if you wish. It's not easy to craft a niche out in this world wide web.

xo
Phebe