This is the introductory blog post for my website.

I have been putting off creating a new website for a long time. I was under the impression that an Instagram profile was good enough but, besides the fact that it is not good enough, I am not finding Instagram to be as fulfilling as I once did. I run the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon (as of writing this I am 30) or one of those “I was born in the wrong time period!” kids in the comments of Nirvana music videos but, I think the speaking in memes, rage baiting, constant advertisements, and annoying music have finally gotten to me. Lately, I have been missing the days of blogs and Tumblr pages I used to get lost in as a teenager. Rather than being inspired by what I see online I find myself spending too much time looking at things I want to buy and do not need, looking at fragrance notes on Fragrantica, and watching lolcow content on YouTube. I started thinking it would be nice to have something more productive to pour my extra time and energy into. (I was entertaining the idea of making music, how embarrassing! More embarrassing than starting a blog? I’m not sure.)

Lately, the idea that “ugly” things are making me “ugly” keeps popping up in TikToks I see, YouTube videos I watch, and books I read. Is the “ugly” content I am seeing online making me “ugly”? Are the “ugly” habits I have making me “ugly”? Perhaps it is just in my algorithm but, I took it as a sign that things needed to change and that a new season of my life was coming. After a few dormant years, the change is welcome. I do not want to be misunderstood when I say the word ugly. It is not meant to be taken as a vain, physical appearance thing, it is to be taken as an overall wellbeing thing. I think we can agree on things like: taking care of yourself and being happy is beautiful while being angry and overconsuming is ugly. I have been an angry and overconsuming person the last few years.

My hope for this blog is to curate a “beautiful” space to escape the “ugliness”. A simple layout without distracting sidebars (until I completely sell out and monetize it lol) to keep your focus on what the post is actually about. I will post my artistic process, stories behind the pieces, finished works, the things I have been enjoying lately (media, food, products, etc.), and a new shop for prints and originals.

If you have read this post and have looked around my site I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for spending your precious time to be here. I hope you don’t find my writing too bad and you don’t find me to be too cringe or too dramatic. Friends and family – you can read but please do not let me know you have. While it is one of my goals to get over my fear of looking stupid, right now I would be too embarrassed to show my face at the function ever again. (Being self-conscious, ugly!)

Appropriate Regards,

Corinne