No Facade Today...

So I originally started this blog with the intent to write it as someone else to help me internally develop a character.  It's fun to write as someone else, but at the same time it hasn't been helping me with other ideas.

Truth is: I have to keep 3 journals for my various classes.  I was initially afraid that the overlap would make writing a monotonous process, so I took on this one not as myself (though it was hard to not share certain feelings with her, an unfortunate fallacy.)  As the semester has so far continued, I have been keeping each journal separate according to their subject.  Printmaking information stayed in printmaking, and graphic novel work stayed in the Graphic Novel course.  I started to want to write a few of my own personal thoughts without the veiling I had created on blogger, but I found it difficult to do so without compromising the original intent of the blog.

Then I just decided "Whatever!  Why am I putting so much stock in what--to me-- is basically journaling?"  I want to write more about what really interests me as a writer and as a student.  If I can figure out how, I also would like to put up some of my comic art.  As an avid reader/hopeful writer of comics, I find the medium to be a powerful and not yet fully explored medium.  In writing, adjectives, nouns and verbs are used to set your piece and develop your characters, but in comics, your descriptions and character development come very much from the method you use to craft your piece while choosing appropriate text and subtle choices in voice and dialogue to walk hand in hand with the artwork.

(Blogger is currently not letting me post pictures, for whatever reason.)

I wouldn't say I've even scratched the surface of what a great comic/graphic novel can be, but it's really the only creative outlet I've found where every work for me is invigorating and enjoyable.  Nothing feels forced or unnatural, even when it doesn't work out how I'd want it to.

So, I'll give this a try for a little while.  We'll all see how it goes, right?