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New, small things are growing over in the gallery!
http://nootwerks.com/gallery/
2011 wasn’t all bad. June was a pretty darned good month if I do say so myself. Better weather, a better mental outlook and, most importantly, re-reconnecting with a very dear friend. The biggest bummer of June was that I didn’t shoot much for some reason.
May was road trip month. First was the air show in Indy followed by a weekend in my beloved Chicago at the end of the month. Even though I was out and about, going places and doing things, May was the month that I felt most alone. In a way, that was kind of a good thing, I think.
April was an improvement over the previous two months. Despite the overwhelming feeling of being completely lost, a fair amount of time was spent reevaluating priorities and refocusing my energy.
As bad as February was, March made it look like a perpetual “best day ever.” Dream shattered, friendship lost. I realize that it could have been worse but, thankfully, this was the low point of 2011.
I’m typically not one for cheesy quotes about love but this one struck a chord with me for some reason. “You can never truly appreciate love until you’ve had your heart completely shattered at least once.”
Yeah… I think I finally get that.
March 2011 review coming later today.
New photos imminent. Just wrapping up a few things on the editing front.
A lot happened in February. Most of it bad.
I’ve been tossing this idea around for awhile now. Since I have the medium and, since a few of you check in every now and then, why not do a “year in review”? Instead of the typical summary-type letter that some of you may get or even send out this time if year, I wanted to do something a little different. I’m going to use photos and music to tell the story for me. The photos will be shots that I’ve taken during the month or months being reviewed in a particular post, and the music has been chosen to express what I was feeling or experiencing at that particular time.
And so we begin with January.
Admittedly, these aren’t very good. I’ve never been anything resembling “good” when it comes to drawing. Trying to “draw” with a laser beam in a dark room on a sheet of paper 6 feet away takes my skills to a whole new realm of bad.
In all honestly, these were more “proof of concept” type shots just to see if I could even do it. And by “do it” I mean draw something that is moderately better than an over caffeinated 2 year old with a new Big Box of Crayolas.
