February 2009
7 posts
Fiction mirrors reality. Reality mirrors fiction.
Is This What You Have Waited For?
Among the constant stream of disappointments, hurdles, and generally unexciting things currently in my life, I’m learning that it’s most important to keep my focus on things that make me happy, as well as to take pleasure in the little things that (hopefully) come to me on a daily basis.
The job search is incredibly discouraging, and with my pursuits exclusively in New York, it only...
Can You Feel It? I Can See It.
Darkroom Adventures:
I spent two days in the color darkroom on my own in the last week, and have both ups and downs to report.
On Thursday, I popped in for a stint that ended up being six and a half hours. I couldn’t believe how well I did - I got into that groove, and had instincts about the color casts, and brought myself so close to color balanced. When I did ask for opinions from the...
The sheer number of daytime-TV soap operas I see on a weekly basis as a result of going to the gym is simply astronomical.
On Broken Glass
Darkroom Adventures:
As usual, I’m frustrated in the color darkroom. I feel as though I’ll never be in tune to the nuances of color casts. Of course, I realise that I need to get back into the swing of things - continue ot train my eye, get used to seeing the colors on a regular basis. But the issue that I’m facing right now is having enough confidence in myself to let go of...
This newly-garnered notion of inherent parts of speech is going to either save my life or drive me so crazy that it’ll kill me. I can’t believe I never realised how many verbs have other verbs linked to them intrinsically - such as those that include things like “be,” or “go.” And then there are, of course, the nouns that are inherent, too - when you talk, you...
I don’t know if it is because I am a writer or because I am a child, but I absolutely love alphabet soup.