Social Media Mind Melt?

I took a break from social media for a weeks. I have been back on for a couple of days – and am going to go back off again.

Being off socials was part of a creativity experiment. It was good to be away, mostly, though there are some people with whom it is the only way I am currently in touch. That will change.

I like to make posts that are artful and meaningful. I feel like posting on instagram is a bit like wading through a sea of endless high school shallowness. I feel like I lose a few IQ points every time I sign in. Do my posts make a difference there? When I see something meaningful now, I stop looking. I have to, or I lose beauty of the message.

Does meaning get lost? Does it disappear. And — I didn’t care about being popular in high school, I really don’t care now.

Social media would be tolerable if all I saw were the artists and friends I want to see. But it’s not that.

What do I do with all my photos? Post some of them here – like I used to do.

I’ve been packing up, and of course, putting journals in boxes. Today’s featured image is from April, 1998. This is an abstracted field of flowers. I love that I used to take time to draw like this – before I used the internet very much.

So this is my intention: to use the internet as a way to share my work, ideas, revelations. I did post this one on instagram, (ha! I just had to @holly_troy_art). I wrote:

Whoa! I think this doodle is a perfect little piece of art.
This is what happens when the mind is not consumed by / is not consuming social media.
April. 1998.

Peace!

Holly
October 24, 2022
Elizaville, NY