{"id":9257,"date":"2013-08-26T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T17:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quiltr.com\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2013-08-26T13:53:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T17:53:44","slug":"why-we-do-what-we-do-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=9257","title":{"rendered":"Why we do what we do"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess as artists one of the things we do often is think about what we do and why we do it. We’re in tune with the process that goes on with us, what we know how to do, what attracts us, what we might need to learn next, what our questions are, etc.<\/p>\n

I watched this video by Gwenn Seemel with tips on how to vlog and it seems like it applies to blogging, teaching and almost everything else. Her five tips:<\/p>\n

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  1. Talk to people.<\/li>\n
  2. Keep it short.<\/li>\n
  3. Smile!<\/li>\n
  4. Use images.<\/li>\n
  5. Know why.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    It’s certainly true that the links I visit most often are those sites that reveal something about the writer-blogger. I like to see what sorts of things they look at, how they think about their work and work-in-progress and how it all fits together with their day-to-day lives. They report the mundane, the excursions, the revelations. I have every reason to think that if and when we meet in real life that we’d have no problem finding something to talk about because we’ve had this blogger\/reader conversation.<\/p>\n

    Without further ado, here’s Gwenn and her vlogging tips:<\/p>\n