Blank

Really, what does it mean when someone says that they have a blank mind or a blank page?
Perhaps this is not a bad thing, perhaps it is the ultimate form of perfection. A quick illustration(oh, you'll get the pun in a moment, it's a good one!): Often times I have tried to draw. I'm told I'm good, but I'm unable to make anything appear as I want it to,which, I'm pretty sure, makes me a failure. If art is supposed to be communicating what is in my head, and I create something that falls short of that vision, then it just is, it is not art...But to my point. I always start with a blank page. At that point, the page has the potential to be anything at all, perhaps even what I want it to be. It is clean and pure before I touch it, but the moment that I do, it is transformed into something else entirely. Creativity is destruction. Now, go back and read that sentence again, you haven't thought about it enough yet. And once more, for good measure. Are you back yet? Peachy. Now read that sentence again, it's actually really trippy.

If your mind is blank, that should mean that you are receptive to being changed for the better. Or will your mind, like the inadequately expressed-upon page, be destroyed by a moronic artist?

If there is so much that you could say, so many lines that I could make, then why do we not content ourselves with a silence of sorts. If all we do is fail, why do we try?

Blankness exists only in nothingness, which does not exist.

Is this plaigarism, since I stole from Hillary's post idea?


Hillary, what I do is look around the room and then decide on a subject. I'm shocked you couldn't tell. I never have any ideas for blogs, per se. I'm not gonna let you get away with that excuse anymore. And I'm really excited that you've decided to join me and I no longer have to talk to myself on the internet. I feel bad enough about all the talking to myself that I do in real life(Ooh, that's a good one. Is the internet real life? I'll let you swing at that ball if you'd like.).


In case you care, the things I said about drawing up there...they are the reason that I color. In coloring books, the lines are already there. Much less stressful.