Blog Colors
In case someone happens to come-along on my blog sometime, and wonders why it is black with white text…
Originally, (that is, on the blogspot version), it was due to wanting something somewhat relaxing to the eyes: dark text on white paper can be wearying: I think the opposite can actually be alleviating of that.
I was thinking, however, of changing the color schemes, as currently I’m thinking on changing-up the links, was thinking of the colors, and some other things. I decided to keep the colors darker like this, though. That is due to wanting to impart a serious sense: gravity. I know the black may seem somber, but these truly are very dark times indeed for the Christian: good thing Christ is light, and that we’re to shine, be lights, as well.
Thus I hope that my words be as salt, and as light: things we normally associate with “white”, as well as purity, and etc.. So it is fitting, in a symbolic sense, to keep the colors a little graver, even if it might make someone wonder. With all the light-hearted approach to so much so important these days, I think it’s fitting to demonstrate both mourning for the sake of brethren, as well as joy (again, dark, and light).
There are several purposes for my blog. One is it’s something of a central repository-lite for materials I may need to access from various locations. Not only has it material visible to the public, but it has materials also hidden (i.e. unpublished) that I only can access so long as the service providers keep-up the passworded account schemes used widely across the WWW, including for blog services. : )
The other, however, is to take and try to form those resources into a hub of sorts, if a simple and plain one, some of those thoughts, etc., into something edifying for my brethren out there. Not that I think I have this important or might voice or anything, but rather I hope that on the odd chance some small thought I have might be of help to others, that they’ll be led across this site: even if only transiently.
That said, I’m something of an essayist more than a journaler: I write and re-write things over and over. I have things stashed all over on paper, on google docs, on this blog, etc.: hundreds of blog posts unpublished. I think I really should journal more often, but I have over time learned I often have hated my own writing. A few years back a friend said, when we’d discuss the Bible, that he didn’t want to say much, or really write on it, until he read it. I’ve somewhat taken a similar stance on writing thoughts: before really committing much to paper–though I have stuff committed to writing electronically all over–I want to really get some experience, redact my own thoughts as well as writing, search the Scriptures, take-up and read them, etc.. I do actually write quite a bit on paper, at least sometimes: in the margins of books.
Anyway, this should be interesting: I’m trying to keep synced blogs both on Blogger by Goodle and WordPress by WordPress.com, the latter something I wanted to try-out, but decided not to migrate to completely, but really like for its Dashboard features.
Anyway, wherever you see this from, my Blogger blog is here,
aguyblog.blogspot.com
and my WordPress blog is here,
aguyblog.wordpress.com
Though now I just wonder if there’s any way I can sync the comments between the two locations. I love Blogger’s simplicity and easy flexibility, so personally prefer any comments to be left there, if I might so ask for that. : )
