Reading, writing, drawing…

Blogger was behaving very strangely all day yesterday. I was getting a bit panicky because I couldn’t actually see this blog (kept getting a 403 error message), despite using three different computers and clearing the cache, closing browsers and using different browsers, and taking lots of deep breaths. Then I realised that a lot of other Blogger blogs were suffering the same affliction, so I calmed down. It was still annoying though because I had at least three different posts I wanted to write, but I lost the urge and inspiration due to all the fiddling.

I should have written everything down, taking inspiration from this blogger, who says My other blog is a Moleskine… I’ve been thinking about the whole pen and paper thing a lot lately, being a regular reader of the Moleskinerie blog and being impressed by all the beautiful things people create on the pages of their Moleskine notebooks. (If you’ve never heard of Moleskine before, this is a brand of notebook which seems to have developed a very fervent fan base. They are very nice notebooks.)

Over the weekend I also noted that the Rambling Librarian‘s new art blog has been picked as Best blog on WordPress – congratulations, Ivan! This got me thinking about my childhood ambition – to be a cartoonist – and the fact that I haven’t drawn anything (beyond doodles in my notebook during two and a half hour long meetings) for years! At this stage I don’t know if I should inflict my oeuvre on anybody, especially you, dear reader, but it might be worth stimulating the creative side of my brain some more. Maybe.

Categories: creativity, writing, drawing