Any reason why log field should private static?

Question

here is in C#:

private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof (MyClass));

Not only in C# but another language i saw the same.. any thought?

Answer 1

It's private because other classes should not access MyClass' log.

It's static because it doesn't depend on the class instance. (And so that it can be used by static methods)