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As a creative, I can't deny this feeling of pressure to always be producing and coming up with new work. Not to mention the tension of social media which forces us to push out new content just to stay visible.
Making art takes time.
I need space to accumulate an idea, time to work through it, and then try and make something valuable out of the process. It is usually not a fast procedure, and I don't think it should be.
So, in this instance, I don't really know if I'm the one bringing the weight on my shoulders by having all these expectations, or if is it a burden of this era that I'm trying to lift it away from myself.
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 25JAN14 - A participant smiles during the workplace 'From Hyper to Healthy' at the Annual Meeting 2014 of the World Economic Forum at the congress centre in Davos, January 25, 2014.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Christof Sonderegger
German poster.First meeting between Alec Guinness and director David Lean. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
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well, world, you have kept faith with me, kept faith with me
upon the whole you have proved to be much as you said you were
since as a child I used to lie upon the leaze and watch the sky
never, i own, expected i that life would all be fair
'twas then you said, and since have said, times since have said
in that mysterious voice you shed from clouds and hills around:
"many have loved me desperately, many with smooth serenity
while some have shown contempt of me
till they dropped underground
"i do not promise overmuch, child; overmuch -
just neutral-tinted haps and such"
you said to minds like mine
wise warning for your credit's sake!
which i for one failed not to take, and hence could stem such strain and ache
as each year might assign
he never expected much
by thomas hardy
A very Happy New Year to everyone! Blessings and Happiness to everyone!
This year I will be using a Moleskine Daily Planner and I am very excited because it's my first one I own. This then my first page for the year 2012. :)
I pretty much wiped-out a concord grape bush in my front yard; way too dominant. But the regrowth is pretty. Camarillo, California
French poster.First meeting between Alec Guinness and director David Lean. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
The sky is very normal today and I never expected to get such colors and drama … But then somehow I got lucky.
To me happiness is when I get more than I expected and ever more so when you just don’t expect anything and get much more … On the other hand expectation is the key to all sorrows in life … But, can we really control this?
This is another mood of the snap here
There are many things I would do different with this piece. It's still worth showing though, it represents my S-I-L who I adore and my nephew - the sweetest boy ever. You may see this picture again though...
[Created in Oct. '05
Artist - me
Photographer - me]
I attended the Carnival in Mazatlan in February 2009 with very high expectations. I heard it was on the same level as Venice, Rio, and New Orleans, but that was wishful thinking. Mazatlan was great, not so sure about the Carnival. I love Mexico and the Carnival incorporated many qualities of Mexican life - it was chaotic, slightly disorganized, but it all came together in a comical sort of way and everyone enjoyed it. There are two parades - the first one goes along the Malecon in one direction, two days later the same parade does the same route in the other direction with the same cast. In both cases the parade was plagued by breakdowns, so frequently there was a big queue while a tractor was being fixed, and then once it was fixed there was a mad rush of all the backed-up paraders running to catch up with the main parade. I was also amazed by the number of tour buses and beer floats in the parade - never saw that before. The parade is hard to photograph since it started toward twilight and lasted into the night. Overall it was an interesting experience.
This rather fun piece of public art is located in Barcelona Harbour.
You can see more pics of the city in my Barcelona set.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens along Highway 1, the Shoreline Highway, before it sharply turns inland and terminates at Junction U.S. 101, the Redwood Highway, in the census-designated place of Rockport. Mendocino County. Mid November 2013.
i learn my name
i write with a # 2 pencil
i work up to my potential
i earn my name
i come when called
i jump when you circle the cherry
i sing like a good canary
i come when called
i come, that's all
liz phair
canary
by Charles Dickens
Photo and Cover Design by me, from my own photo (one of the U of T buildings subbing for Miss Haversham's home)
The trouble with finding PD cover art for PD books online is even if you find the art, very often you can't easily discover when the edition was published/who the artist was &tc. to determine the Public Domain status.
This one is entirely mine, but since it is for a Public Domain book, release it with a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.
creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/