Why do I blog? Hmm. Blogging is a way to get out ideas, thoughts, random and spontaneous comments or opinions. Sharing ideas or expressing views on different things are at times entertaining I must admit.

I enjoy writing a lot and this is one way to do it. I can take any subject and put down my view and put it out to people that read my posts. Why wouldn't you want to blog? It is an opportunity for some people to rant about things without being interrupted. Through comments it can be discussed but you have the ability to just ramble about something.

I do find myself rambling at times about whatever it is I'm writing about but that's fine. That's me. I'm not writing for anyone specifically. I don't have a set structure to follow with my post. Maybe you've heard of the whole freedom of speech thing. I have the right to talk about whatever I want.

Topics can range from movies, parenting, relationships, social media, and beyond. So many things to write about and discuss. I enjoy being able to write about a subject. At times it makes me think of something I hadn't really thought about before. Maybe I learn something while writing about whatever topic it is.

Blogging gives me the ability to write whatever I want and share it with those that chose to read it. I can write about whatever random thought or idea I've got as weird or silly as it may be. If I can make someone smile, laugh, or even think I'm happy.

What do you write about when you blog? Do you always write about a specific subject? Are your posts random all the time? What do you like about blogging?

Blogging... freedom to let my mind go anywhere!

My favorite work of art.... oh dear here we go.

Starry Night by Van Gogh (also a jigsaw puzzle )

My favorite piece of artwork is Vincent van Gogh: Starry Night. I'm not sure why but it has been my favorite piece for a number of reasons. I mean you can't like something generally without reason. Like I was recently told, you can't dislike something without reason. Same applies to liking something.

Starry Night for me is meaningful. I take passion and attentiveness from the painting. I also take a lot of other different things from this piece as well. The colors are calming. You aren't feeling rage when you look at this piece, you feel calm and relaxed. I start visualizing myself in the painting. It's night time, the moon is shining bright with a cool breeze blowing through the trees. The stars in the sky sparkling brightly as the town slowly goes to sleep around me.

I looked up some information on the painting and was quite surprised. I love learning the back story of things and the back story to this piece was rather interesting. Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889.

Van Gogh's Starry Night is indeed my favorite work of art.

My longest running hobbie. Well let's see...

drawing

The one hobbie that I've had the longest would be drawing. I've been doing it for a very long time. I'm not sure when I started drawing. Not sure if you'd count coloring in coloring books at a young age.

I enjoy drawing and designing so naturally going to school for Graphic Design was more or less a DUH! I enjoy designing and creating different things that my mind comes up with.

With drawing or designing you can create so many different things which is one of the things I love. I enjoy designing logos and have done a few so far for friends and family. Seeing their faces light up when I see that they like the design makes me happy.

Drawing a design for a tattoo even makes me happy. I wear my own artwork proudly and it makes me smile when someone compliments it. I have also recently designed a tattoo for a friend that I didn't know about. I had written a letter and on it I drew something completely random. Then I was told they wanted to get it as a tattoo. For someone else to want to get my design, that was so awesome. I've never had anyone request a design for me to wear for the rest of their life.

I find that when I draw that I can lose myself in it. Yes I have OCD but that helps. Every drawing I create I want it to look good. There have been times that I've drawn something and one line doesn't make me happy so I'll scrap the whole thing. Then there are the ones that you look at it and it's a minimal design and you know it doesn't need anything else. Adding to it would take away from it.

To sum it all up though, drawing has been my longest running hobbie. I don't ever think I'll give it up. I enjoy it to much.