Tim, CJ and I, as we walked away from a panel talk on blogs and criticism, chatted a bit about the MTAA-RR. Basically, how do we use it?

Although the subject and tone of our posts change over time, the MTAA-RR mainly functions as an open notebook and studio. Some posts are about work, some about our lives and some about the world around us.

The RR also works as an intersection for conversations Tim and I have. Sometimes what I post comes down to passing information to Tim or responding to something we talked about. It’s a good way to track ideas as they bounce between us. Tim tends to place more personal beliefs and life out here and I tend to stand off. The result is the same. What do we want to record? What do we want to transmit?

The odd question, for me, was when CJ asked how Tintype (my other blog) works. I think I made some vauge answer about it being “photos that I like”. I may have said something lame like - “it’s not really for people to look at”. Which, if thought about, makes no sense. The thing is I’m a bit more selective about posting on Tintype than I am on the MTAA-RR. Photos have to be a certain type of subject shot in a certain way. What my “certains” are, I am not certain but the rate is about 10 or 20 to 1. Even with being systematic in choice, the overall Tintype look translates as random. Here are a bunch of pictures someone likes. Here are some dogs, here are some wings, here is some guy wondering around. permanent link to this post