A Silent 2010

It has been quiet here on the blog this year. My last post was a wrap up of 2009 and here we are rounding second base in 2010.  An entire half of a year later. I want to apologize for the silence. Not necessarily to you, the readers…I wouldn’t presume to believe that my lack of writing has in any way lessened your 2010. I mostly mean to publicly apologize for not making space for this small discipline. I really believe that small, repetitive, intentional disciplines are so important to weave into the fabric of our everyday lives. Not only for professional “creatives,” but for all of us. Something happens in the repetition. Things begin to come into focus, we have our “standing outside ourselves” moments (epiphany). For me, writing has always been that discipline and then sharing that to a small audience on a regular basis was an excellent grounding…in a way, a cementing of the practice. It is part of the “working harder in 2010” I mentioned in the previous post. You know, it’s interesting, this has been a pretty good year on the work front. I have been shooting a ton, learning a ton, trying new things… I have been out of the country a few times, recorded a couple of records, hosted concerts, shot a few terabytes of video. In fact, in many ways, this has been my most interesting year yet. Yet, for some reason, I just haven’t had much to say. I’ve been keeping my mouth shut, trying to figure out what is next…not just professionally, but personally and honestly, I feel that I’ve been a bit lost in the questions. All that to say, I’m going to be voicing some of those questions out loud, right here.  

So in the spirit of change, I have updated the design of the blog, included a new header (designed by the talented zach mcnair), and even added the ability to comment. I am going to post a couple recap posts from projects from the first half of 2010 and then we’re off to the races. Looking forward to the repetition, to the conversation, to having you, my readers, back and active…