Problems, problems…

12Jun08

So, I’ve designed and redesigned a gallery design for greydove.org, only to fall short about a gazillion times. The problem with minimalism is that you can only use so much, but also that when you’re using hardly anything at all, everything you use must have an impact and a point. You can’t waste space with frivolity. I think I’ve fairly mastered the concept with the current greydove.org layout… it’s very simple, uses two images (three including the background), and effectively gives my message with a sense of understated flair.

For the gallery, I was attempting some sort of mod-chic minimalist design, but I keep falling flat on my face in a puddle of muddled colors and consistently amateur designs. I’ve no idea what my problem is, as I just yesterday designed a book cover (freelance work) and it came out stunning. Perfectly simple and absolutely brilliant, and these are my words! God knows the artist is always the toughest critic. I’ve no idea what my problem is. I suppose it will just come to me. I have, however, managed to create a very nice fanlisting layout for a listing I’m hoping to be approved for. I’m very excited… I’ve never owned a fanlisting! I’ll see how I like this one… if I like managing it, I might make more.

In other interesting news, my salmon recipe caught the eye of a marxfoods exec in Seattle, Washington, who emailed me to inform me of a salmon recipe contest they’re having this summer. Now, I don’t plan on entering (it’s nobody’s secret that rosemary and lemon taste heavenly with salmon), because I’m a college student, and when I’m not feeding my boyfriend, it’s just me, and I’ve no idea what I’ll do with 15lbs of salmon, as lovely as it sounds. I’d rather it be given to a family who enjoys salmon very much. But, I thought I would share about the contest, in case some salmon aficionado happens across my little blog.

Oh, little blog indeed. A few summers ago, I had a decent readership. Nothing like a cult-like following that some have (ex, jenn.nu), but a decent number of people who wandered in and out every day to check on what’s going down. I’m so far removed from this world now, though, since I’ve been gone for a while. Most of my old friends have given up on the internet, and the old clique I guess you could say I was apart of now has all these new people that I don’t know at all. It’s a bit strange, and I hate begging for readers. I guess I keep hoping people will stumble upon my site, but I don’t think that will give me the instant gratification I desire. I suppose I should start promoting it somehow, but I’m so out of the loop on these things! What should I do? Join message boards, post on other people’s blogs and hope they comment back, submit myself to comment listings or design galleries? I’ve no idea. I suppose I’ll work it out. I guess I just have to make sure I remain a permanent entity, though, right? I am quite flaky when it comes to the web…

I suppose I could write my internet history and pets pages, but golly, I’m so tired of writing. And I have a bunch of writing compiled that I would LOVE to get posted, but I don’t have an idea for a writing gallery, either. Ugh! Minimal minimal minimal… it’s what I love, and what I do best. I’m sure I’ll come up with something.

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