I hate first journal entries. I always feel I have to introduce myself in a way that encompasses who I am, why I’m that way, and generally let people know what they’re getting into. I always imagine I’ll be funny and engaging, tricking people into wanting to learn more about this peculiar yet witty girl only to find the next hundred pages devoted to my love of cheese and various television crossover ideas. (Think about it. Castle/The Mentalist=EPIC.)
… So yeah. Page One lets people know what’s in store and to decide if they’re brave enough to continue on or heed that “TURN BACK NOW” feeling scratching at the back of their skull. It’s only fair.
I have this problem with my sketchbooks too. Brand new sketchbooks are exciting--probably because they don’t yet smell of shame and failure—but that first page always intimidates me. When people open my sketchbook, this will be the first thing they see! From the first image I lay down onto the paper they will already make up their minds as to whether I can draw or not. First pages set a tone; they send a message. It still gets to me sometimes but after years and years of experience, I finally found the secret to defeating the First Page.
I leave it blank.
The second page of a sketchbook is much less intimidating to draw on, much like starting half-way down the first page in a diary or Word document. I know it doesn’t make any rational sense but my mind handles it better that way and that means it’s a good method.
…Huh, maybe I should try that now. Just leave a large blank space and skip all the worries of properly introducing myself and all the formalities of warning people and just throw them headlong into the nerd-pit of my life next post! Yeeeeesssssssssss, this could work!
Okay! Blank space—GO!
Oooooooh yeah, that’s the stuff.
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