I'm feeling good. Really. I feel great. Oh man, I hope I didn't just jinx myself.
I have learned SO much in the last few months that I can hardly take it all in. First of all, the internets are even more amazing than I once thought. I've always been a little weird about meeting people online. Not love matches mind you, I've had that area covered for 6.5 years now. I'm just talking about plain old meeting people. By nature I don't trust people very easily so when it comes to the web, I just assume everyone is donning a fake persona and I'm not really talking to who I think I'm talking to. However, in the last 2 months on flickr, I've met some truly amazing people. I mean, straight up inspiring and all that.
I've also learned that it is, in fact, a great place for networking and getting "noticed", as long as I'm willing to put the time and effort in. So far I've had 4 photographs featured on the Gothamist, a request to use a piece of my art as a tattoo (which totally floored me with happiness) and comment after comment on a lot of my photographs. I gotta say, there's nothing like a whole bunch of virtual pats on the back.
But man it's hard to keep up with. I find myself trying to catch up most of the time. I want to go look at all the wonderful photographs my contacts have to offer and comment on them all, I need to work on the group, take photographs, draw and go to work. Nevermind tv time with the boy and all the walks I want to take in the current spring weather.
It's pretty crazy....but I love it. I feel amazing when I'm busy with things I want to do. I have no reason to say I'm bored or unfulfilled. I just want to work harder, improve and meet even more people. So far so good!
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