This is like when you suddenly find yourself overflowing with motivation, and you go to the gym twice in one day knowing from past experience that means you probably won't go back for a good two weeks or so after that.
But I found something interesting and I want to share. I was googling my name to see if this blog showed up as a result, because I want it to keep it on the DL for the time being. (It didn't, by the way). However, something else did--something exciting. Remember that previous blog I spoke about oh, twenty minutes ago? Well, it was created more than two years ago because I was putting up my first art show and felt like I needed an online presence associated with it.
What I discovered while googling myself tonight is that someone wrote about said show on their blog, two years ago when it was exhibited, and I only have just now seen it. If this were the first time I'd googled my name in the past two years, I'd be less surprised that I'd missed it. But without revealing how often I obsessively search for myself on the internet...let's just say I was surprised.
And happy. This person had made a personal connection with my artwork, and then took the time to write about it it. Not to mention that he complimented the paintings, which is always a nice feeling.
If it weren't so late at night, I would elaborate on why it means so much as humans when we make one such anonymous-ish connection. As it is, I will simply acknowledge that it's remarkable that the knowledge that what I painted meant something to one person, two years ago, for a few minutes, gives me such a feeling of worth, hope, and motivation to "pay it forward."
Is it possible that some of these positive feelings come from the fact that the blog is written by an insightful, attractive young man? Hard to say :)
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