Daphne Bennett

After 5 years I find I still want to keep a blog.

After 5 years I am living with another soon-to-be 2 year old toddler and a 7-year-old growing little boy.

After 5 years I am still living in Inverkeithing, but this time we have bought our own house with a sizeable garden.

After 5 years I have learnt how to knit and crochet, and I have a dog and a garden to look after.

After 5 years I still haven’t had half the time I wish I had, I am still overwhelmed by housework, nap-trapped by my toddler everyday. But they give me so much joy and meaning to my days. I can’t stop drawing them. And I still want somewhere to show them

After 5 years I have started drawing and painting again, but I still don’t have a manageable schedule so I still am not able to finish my study or look for jobs or commissions.

Recently I have watched a lot of Vlogs in the evening, I really enjoy them but I am too camera shy and YouTube doesn’t fit my personality at all. I have deleted Facebook and reduced my activities on instagram. Totally don’t feel I need to respond to another hashtag trend or call for art nonsense. I started only sending a few friends some work privately I do so I can get the satisfaction of being liked and seen. But in long run, I have no idea how self-promotion works. I decide to wait another month before I commit to buy a domain. Just play around and see how to layout of my portfolio looks like, try to find a voice I like.

I know not many people blog anymore. All the better, less self-conscious about my terrible grammar.

So, let’s see where we can get from here. 🙂

update: I did think blog is dead since I been on instagram and Facebook far too much but I have just spent an hour on Bloglovin’, omg haven’t checked on it for a good 10 years! what have I missed! Definitely going to make this silly blogging think work, really like this much much much more than Instagram.