It is always very meaningful to me when a new blogger stops by my blog. I always wonder how they found me on all of the cyber noise. It’s really nice when they decide to post a comment, or two, or three. But what is even more rewarding is when shortly after they appear here and I am reading their blog that I see some of my old familiar blog family posting there a day or two later. I like that!
Such is the case with Chris Klug’s blog, Patterns of Light n’ Dark. Chris stopped by for the first time, I believe, last week, made some nice posts, and hung in there when my Spam Karma 2 kept telling him that he was a spammer and refusing to post his comments. Well, SK2 and I finally came to an understanding, I think, and now Chris can post.
Chris was, in a former career, a lighting designer and his photographs have beautiful lighting. I’ve been looking at them and trying to see what I can learn from them.
Now that I’m going on year 4, which hard to believe, I can think of many of the people who have dropped by and visited during that time. Sometimes I go back through old posts and see their names, click on their links, and a lot of times am disappointed because they are no longer blogging. However, there always seems to be someone new to come along, for a season, and add a new dimension to this blog.
I just love it! It’s one of the things that makes blogging very much worthwhile.
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I think you are one of those people who functions as a hub of activity. Some of us find one another here at your blog. It certainly is fascinating, isn’t it, how we find people with whom we feel a kind of connnection in the midst of the overwhelming numbers on the web? I will admit that occasionally, when I am overwhelmed and not posting regularly, I wonder if should give in and let the blog go. However, I am always stopped when I think of all the new friends that I would lose touch with.
First off, Paul, thank you for your kind words and mention. Second, I think that when the internet works like it can (which isn’t always, mind you) people of ‘like mind’ can and do find each other. One thing I’ll mention about your work is your sense of color, as exemplified by the wonderful image above. And, btw, as a call-back to an earlier comment, I, too started programming with a TRS-80 (model II, just so we’re clear) in 1979. I used it as a big calculator, calculating foot-candles and beam angles for my lighting designs. So, I can code enough to get myself in trouble, pretty much. I’m so glad I found your blog.
I don’t remember how I found your blog, but I’m glad I did, it’s been interesting reading. You and Anita have been inspiring me to post more frequently.
Rakesh – I am honored to be put in a class with Paul on any count, and I am so pleased that you are inspired to post more. That way we can get to know you better.