Blog Revival: Sprouting Anew

My last blog post was in August 2024, a little over 1.5 years ago from this day.

Since my last post… well, life has truly tilted on its axis. While I was somewhat aware and prepared for the changes that were coming, I was not prepared to handle the sheer magnitude in which so many major changes occured.

Whether it was rising concerns for the environment, the impending rise of ‘AI’ Technology in every realm that can be thought of, inflating political discourse, personal life changes like both my grandmothers (both of whom I was close to) passing 2 weeks apart… this only scratches the surface, and it’s safe to say: It’s a lot.

In truth, whenever I finally sat down to write, I felt like everything I had to say was hollow and unfulfilling or shallow and unqualified.

After all, I originally started my blog for my own exploration and growth, as it allowed me to have more of a ‘professional’ creative outlet for my writing that I could make my own. But with the world around me burning, I wondered whether I was using my resources properly to do the most amount of good.

Then I realized something important:

This was a self-imposed limitation that was preventing me from moving forward.

I was limiting myselfbefore I had even put pen to paper.

I called this blog “Budding Curiosity” because I wanted to be introspective about the wonders I was experiencing in my travels. I had the opportunity to explore what makes me curious, and I wanted to share these thoughts in my own way. As a scholar and artist, I possess a developing skillset that continuously allows me to channel these experiences and wonderment for our shared world into words and images.

In a system that’s trying to silence free thinking and empathy, the greatest act of resistance is to be open-minded while still giving yourself a voice to express your Self.

So that is what I will do for myself.

In doing so, I hope that my work can offer people encouragement to use their own voices for good, or to offer solace in a time of hardship, or additional wisdom to support you in your own journey of growth.

From one of my upcoming collections, “A Glimpse of Mali Lošinj, Croatia” (2024).