It's time to get to the real point, which isn't to give you a book review of On Writing, because if you're interested in writing, you have either already read it or need to, so just go read it yourself. Today's topic is to say goodbye. I will no longer be writing here on "Mel's Empty Journal" because well...it's done. The goal of this blog has been more than met. My journal is clearly no longer empty. I will leave this site up if for nothing else, as a reminder for me that I am quite capable of writing for public consumption, without much worry as to who will judge me or who I may offend. As Mr. King said...
"Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway."Thank you for that Stephen. It has been over 7 years since I started this blog, and it took a good chunk of that time for me to realize I don't actually care about being a member of polite society. I care a great deal more about writing truthfully. Which is what I have attempted to do here and what I intend to do in the future.
And in the future, Brian and I are thinking of combining our creative efforts in the world of music and writing. As the opening quote says, art is here to support life. We have both worked hard at our respective art but feel like we're failing in some ways. But that is only the case when we think of it as being our one main purpose in life, where we live only for art and have no other responsibilities. But this is not reality. We have a very full life. We have kids. We have work. Our art is not the center of our life, nor should it be. It is here to help us grow, push us out of our comfort zones, inspire us.
With hopes of inspiring you as well, we are considering starting a new blog and email newsletter. We've thought of some ideas for it, like posting more regular music from Brian (and occasionally me), more writing from me (and occasionally Brian) mostly along the positive theme, and possibly even a podcast...maybe, we'll see about that. But there will definitely be music and writing. Before we decide for sure if we want to do this, we'd like to get as many people as possible on the email newsletter, for two important reasons. First, to see how much interest there is. And second, because we are more than a little sick of social media and would prefer to not have to spend so much time on there to share our work. You don't have to worry about us emailing too often as it will be rare if we have time to put something together more than once a month. So if you could kindly drop your email address in the box below, you will save us all the hassle of checking social media for one more damn thing.
Well my friends, all good things come to an end, I bid you a fond farewell, and such and such nonsense. Thank you so much for reading. You have given me my favorite gift... hope that writing is not a waste of my time. ♡
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