Blogs are interesting entities. If one blogs often and puts some effort into it (whatever the content) they can seem quite substantial and slick, thanks to the efforts of folks who create these nifty themes. And, yet, they are still so ephemeral, as every blog entry, indeed every blog, is only a little mouse and keyword work away from emendation or complete deletion.
And, so, this post is to mark the first switch of theme since I came over to WordPress (though my first banner change went by unmarked), even if these transitions are largely important only to me.
However, I am quite excited about this transition, and, believe it or not, have been contemplating it for some time. If you are reading this on Facebook, come on over and check it out. The images are always sharper on the blog in any case.
The irony is that my first theme, Sadish (which was not actually “sad-ish” as I originally assumed but named after an Indian or Indian-American gentleman named “Sadish”) was rather white and bright and used during a time when I was probably anything but; not that I can do anything about being more or less white 😉
And now I am using the theme Chaotic Soul, which is dark and dim, when actually I am feeling relatively more positive about life just now and less low. My soul, though, as I guess is true for most, continues to be chaotic on a regular basis 🙂 Ah, such metaphorical/symbolic analysis! We humans are such meaning constructing/seeking beasties, or at least this one is.
Nonetheless, the thing that I am most excited about with this change is that this theme does set off the photos so nicely. In a sense, with this dark, grey theme, I am copying brother Virgil who is a baby blogger; but only chronologically speaking, technologically and aesthetically he is doing fantastic work. Check out his work.
At any rate, if you care to, give a shout out and let me now what you think of The Dassler Effect with a Chaotic Soul.
Egg salad! I’m thinking that the look is good, but to be quite honest, I wouldn’t have noticed the change-up as I just assumed that these things are +/- pre-programmed and didn’t realize the aesthetic choices confronting the blogger.
I once had a blog for a couple of weeks, but I didn’t tell anybody about it and I only posted about 5 random things… Nowadays, I’m embracing the following quote from Victor Frankl, which more or less asserts a summarizing principle of the past 5-6 years of my life’s experience: “the true meaning of life is to be discovered in the world rather than within man or his own psyche, as though it were a closed system. I have termed this constitutive characteristic ‘the self-transcendence of human existence.’ It denotes the fact that being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneself–be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter. The more one forgets himeslf–by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love–the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself. What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one would strive for it, the more he would miss it. In other words, self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.”
I think it’s classy and kind on the eyes.
The pictures “pop” against the dark background. I myself am a new born baby blogger, but my blog is not pretty.
I think this is a great change photographically speaking. The pictures are set off beautifully. I like what it does for the color pictures but it is amazing for pictures that are sepia toned or have muted colors such as Buswell and The Foyer respectively. I’m sure the pictures of the foggy streets are going to look great with this also.
I love the color on Buswell. Was it a preset conversion in Lightroom or did you do more?