[In this series, Creative Blog Profiles, joshpcreative.com takes a peek at what other creative bloggers are producing and profiles them here. They don’t necessarily know it’s happening (although we do the pingback/trackback where we can), so we’re prepared to remove an entry if they get mad. Hopefully they won’t. We just want to find creative stuff to tell you about.]
Let’s see….
Something positive, something positive. Let’s check the news. Oh, look! This presidential candidate is under scrutiny for make an awful comment. Oh, and surprise! This candidate is now under scrutiny for something they did 20 years ago. Moving on.
Let’s check celebrity news, shall we? Hmmm…. I see this star broke up with this star! Well, it’s about time, right? Oh, and this up-and-coming star is being quoted as a tastemaker even though he said things that are in poor taste. Bleah.
How about world news? Oh, I see people are still fighting. Ah, and it appears things are still melting and people are busy arguing about who or what is making it all melt instead of figuring out how to stop or slow the melting. That’s nice.
Where can a person go for something positive? Well, luckily we here at Josh P. Creative know that folks are out there in the blogosphere trying to make something good out of this crazy ol’ world that seems to serve up a whole lotta stuff to be down about.
I happened across a blog today called “This Beautiful Life” (christinawrites.wordpress.com). The author-in-residence at this positive place is Christina (of course!), and she will tell you on her “About the Blogger” page that she is happy to meet you! And you, by the way, should be happy to meet her. Christina tells us that she started her online journal/blog to, “…journal about what life has to offer and find ways to turn the negativity I come across in life into something positive.” Now, if you can find something wrong with that, then you are either not human, or one of those political candidates we spoke about before.
Her posts cover a wide range of topics, including ways to use a blog to enrich your life, finding keys to happiness (at Disneyland? sure!), and a very creative way to think about your keyboard.
I don’t think Christina is a politician, rich and famous star, or a climatology expert. She’s just a creative person out there on the Internet sharing thoughts about positivity and creativity. And here’s why that matters: negativity sells on the big news sites. Gossip gets all kinds of clicks. Sports and entertainment rule the day. But so often, those stories drag us down into a quagmire of angst, envy, jealousy, rage, and all kinds of other things that we know stink for our wellbeing. But when people blog about the positive and the creative? Well, those sites are worth looking for. And when you find them? Keep reading them.
Because hey–a positive message and a reminder that a trip to Disney is good for the soul never hurt anybody.