You may have read posts I've made on my photography blog but this one is a little different. While there may be the occasional photo posted here, it is not my intention to turn this into another photography blog. This blog's direction and purpose is to allow me to explore more into the written word.
You could say that I am rather eclectic in my professional life as I have done many different things and even currently I wear multiple hats - I'm an IT Tech and Technical Writer who also has a sideline in photography. While I have been trying to launch my photography business I've been a "weekend warrior" and despite my efforts I've still not been able to make the leap from hobbyist to professional (still not making any income from it).
It’s not so much that I love photography as I am in a long term relationship with it; with all the trappings of such. There are times everything is wonderful and effortless; then there are the days where you barely can tolerate being around each other; and don’t forget the times you just want to pull your hair out, storm out the door and not look back. Normally though I’m somewhere in the middle of all that, although lately I have been more in the “self analysis” phase of wondering why I’m in this relationship with photography to begin with.
In fact, that’s most of what I’ve done lately - look at myself and think about my photography. It’s not that I’ve even been taking/making lots of photographs, I haven’t. I’m too much in my own head, trying to figure out the value of my photography and the direction I/it needs to go.
A new phase has started for me recently with my completing a technical writing class and undertaking this role at my place of employment. I am creating procedural guides and other documentation to build our knowledge base; something that has been sadly lacking there.
I find this very interesting as words are something I’ve not always had an easy time with. It’s not that I haven’t enjoyed reading (lots of) books, I’ve just never done a lot of writing - not creatively. I’m no great author, just your average person who can string a cohesive sentence together - and more importantly, get paid for it!
My wife seems to be of the impression that I have a talent for writing, although I think it is more for my style of writing rather than the content of what I write. But then again, I could be wrong as I tend to be too self critical, so I may be too close to the proverbial trees to see the forest.
Words are a strange thing. While they appear innocuous on the page, they really can affect us in positive and/or negative ways. They can make us ecstatic or cut us to our core. The power of words to wound is something that still takes me by surprise, especially as I have accidentally imparted unintentional tones to things I have written in the past.
Despite there being the old saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me”, it is certainly flawed as words really can hurt, just in a different way.
Okay, back to the purpose of this blog, writing. As the name implies, there are times that my thoughts actually come together into something that might be worth writing down and might even be of interest to others. And as I want to keep my photography blog for photography related things, what better way than creating my own crazy corner of the internet where I can just write. Whether it is nonsensical or something more on the technical writing side of things, this blog is all about the written word.
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