Predating Sunsets
Hi Gorjus,
I’ll keep this inaugural post fairly short since I’m currently lounging 40,000 feet in the sky, chasing the crest of a sunset, and eager to see if we land in “Emerald City” before the night does. I’m also desperately trying to finish this godawful and mystically unending spicy Bloody Mary an attendant gifted me for my birthday…I thought I’d try something different since I’m well-settled into my 30s today (read: old-ing), but my palate now harbours the regret of a 20-something and my social guilt in wasting a gift from a stranger is asphyxiating. So the “olding” man finishes his bl***y tomato drink.
Friends, family, and former clients have urged me to create a website for my photography/videography for years. I’ve been coaxed, cajoled, browbeaten, and -recently by my sister- berated into compliance; I’m just now finishing the fundamental page designs and hope to launch the site later next month. I have no idea why it took me so long to finally consent to making a website where the frames of how I see the world could exist on more than just my Creative Cloud account. Were I to wager, I think a significant portion of me thinks it doesn’t really matter; what’s another manicured website of visual compositions amongst the miasma of millions of others? Is the uniqueness of creation itself an inherent warrant to unconditionally share, or a slightly veiled-but-unmistakable shout into the void for peer recognition? See me, I was here. Annoyingly, I also hunt perfection with abandon and I’ll crouch in the tall grass for years before finally pouncing; fearing things aren’t pristine enough to act on, or don’t meet the polished “standards” of others in the space. I think all of these cynicisms will subside eventually -replaced by declarative and unwavering attestations- but only through the act of doing.
So here we are, Gorjus, on the precipice of action! The contents of the site will be pretty self-explanatory and constantly updated, but the Scriptorium will be a place for me to talk through the process. I, of course, will talk about photography and videography -what I know and am doing, what I’m currently trying to do, and what I hope to master as time marches on. However, I also want to talk about completely unrelated topics; DeFi, Smart Contracts, and overall blockchain tech (this has been quite a lean Fall so far, eh? 🙃😅), writing, reading lists, travel, backpacking, the World Cup, music, philosophy…errthang! I hope for some semblance of dialogue with you all through the comments section or the Contact form, but if not, that’s fine too. Just know Imma talk with or without engagement. LOL
Well, the gargled intercom gibberish my unpopped left ear just heard tells me we must be soon approaching our destination. My fate gregariously swims at the bottom of a single-use plastic cup of blood, so I leave to finish my gift, continue this arresting Apollo5 album (“O Radiant Dawn”), and prepare for our final descent. Thanks for coming along with me on this journey…it should be quite a ride indeed.
