ShopDreamUp AI ArtDreamUp
Deviation Actions
Been quite a while since I added anything relative here. Actually been a little distracted and TRYING to regain my focus. Got a miniature studio set up in my garage, haven't tried it out yet but looks like it could be interesting. A little small though. Did a mentoring workshop in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago with Ken Harris and Alexandria Adair. Learned quite a bit and has me rethinking about what I want to do and try. Looking for something but still not quite sure what that is. Hopefully it will become evident soon. Till then?? 
Should be about the art
I have been with Deviant Art a lot of years. Have numerous t-shirts and souvenirs from when they still did that. Bought many photos by artists I admired. I came here to be inspired by the art I found and to share the art I was trying to create on my own. DA was my home away from home where I could lose the "always on" headaches of normal life. I have my art on many other pages but none had the simplicity and quality that DA had. Still had to deal with a few irregularities and undesirables but I loved the page enough to do just that. And I loved the art. That is what it's always about. From beginners to long term experts DA shared both equally. Now I feel like DA has become just like everything I was trying to escape. I disabled my auto-renew a bit ago. Why renew when I find the page is now more about itself than about the art? I've never come to DA for chatrooms, bells and whistles, or anything of that sort. Much like I don't go to art museums for billboards, neon lights, or hey come
A world of hate
Had to remove someone from my watch list who I have followed for some time now. And it actually makes me sad. But I am seeing too many negative posts. I believe everyone has a right to their opinion and they also have a right to express those opinions. I have a right to close the door to those opinions especially when I start to feel they offer nothing beneficial and are just another form of hate. There are a lot of things I don't like and there are people I don't think much of. But I don't make it a point to identify those people to any significant degree if at all. I saw a post the other day that did not set well with me, felt too much like
Devious Journal Entry
Thinking too much, a habit I wish I could break. What a world we live in. Seems we have more critics, naysayers, doomsayers than we have those who try to inspire.
I thought I was on the return/repair mode. Apparently it was little more than an uptick and nothing has yet changed that much. A ca-zillion things I'd like to try, experiment with, learn, and accomplish but that still may take some more time. Hopefully 2018 will offer more opportunity and a lot fewer hurdles to deal with.
What next?
Lot of changes this year, much not so good too. This has been pretty much a year of many losses and a few gains. I think my photography is getting better but my means in which to do it is fading. Hopeful but not sure how far that goes. Trying very hard to stay positive but the odds against me are still increasing. Seems the awesome gas prices that everyone is so happy about and the collapse of the oilfield has hit me in the worst possible way.
What to do now?
© 2014 - 2024 gjohns74
Comments0
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In