My best inspiration seems to come to me in the shower. This is highly unfortunate as I am too wet to record any of these wisps of intelligence in my phone or on a note pad. These little bursts of creativity come to me in between getting soap in my eye and contemplating whether or not I have already washed my hair. By the time I am done showering, I have forgotten the subjects I was hoping to write on. Short term memory loss? Perhaps. My subconscious slapping me on the wrist for thinking about blogging? Likely.
I have always thought of blogging as something pretentious hipsters did in their spare time; often writing about their most recent meal or band discovery punctuated by posts that belong in a diary. However, I have begun to realize that this is a rather harsh and ignorant view of blogging as evidenced by my sitting here writing to so far, probably just myself. After guiltily venturing into the world of Twitter and then into the world of blogging, I have stumbled upon a place of community and creativity. I have discovered that blogs are spaces where creative people stretch their fingers and share their thoughts on a myriad of subjects to readers around the globe. I think it is wonderful that I can sit here in my living room in Canada and be connected to the living rooms of creative people all over the world simply through a http://www. address.
As a recent graduate of University, I have begun to miss sifting through articles and writing papers on complex subjects that interest me. My days as of late have been spent working a mundane job that pays the bills and as I start on the difficult quest to find a career, I have discovered that the side of me that enjoys writing has begun to feel neglected. I hope that this blog will be the creative outlet I am looking for to write about interesting subjects and share them with others wherever they might be. I go off now to find a better inspirational place than the shower and to flush the remnants of soap out of my eye. I welcome you to my blog and I hope you will enjoy the thoughts of a young woman in her housecoat.
Housecoat Commentary 