Finding Inspiration

What is the purpose of a blog? Hopefully it is to educate. Perhaps to amuse. And to entertain. I have begun to ask myself why I do this. Why have I created a blog? I hope it is to create interest in my art. This is why I created this blog. To interest people in my art and to get it out there. But the more I look at it the more I realize that my interest is not so much about art, it is about writing. I like to write. I do not paint as much as I see some people doing. I don't produce a painting every day. Not even once a week. So why do I call myself an artist? It seems a little pretentious. I realize that I create art as a way to increase my self-esteem. I like to say I'm an artist. But I am not sure that I am. I see so much art out there. There are thousands of people out there creating works of art everyday. And some of the work is unbelievable. I cannot believe some of the talent out there. It is incredible. My work cannot hold a candle to some of the masterpieces that show up on the internet. How can people do some of this work? And I think that they do something I don't, they work at it everyday. They create, they practice, they learn. I like to write everyday. I journal every single day at least 2-3 pages. And I think that is what artists do, they work, they put in the effort necessary to show improvement. And honestly, I don't do that. Maybe I have to re-evaluate why I do this blog. Because it is not about art as I once told myself it was going to be about.