FORWARD

“The definition of insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting different results.”

This is a fairly common quote. Not sure where it comes from, but it is not, in fact, the definition of insanity. And yet, the truth and wisdom of the statement is undeniable.

As human beings, we are largely creatures of habit. We are defined by our programming.

In light of events of the past year, I am taking a breather. Something isn’t working. Actually, a lot of things aren’t working. When I lost my job a couple of months ago, I tried to redouble my efforts and saw virtually no results.

When you’ve done everything you can and it isn’t working, you need to ask yourself what it is that you aren’t doing. What haven’t you tried? So that’s what I’m doing. Taking some time to look at what I can do differently going forward.

I’m considering starting a newsletter. There’s a website called BEEHIIV that provides a pretty robust option to that effect. I figured, instead of asking people to follow what I do on various platforms, I could just ask them to sign up for my newsletter and make a semi-weekly post about what I’m doing. I could also feature work my friends have been posting. I got the idea from one of my heroes, Warren Ellis. His newsletter, Orbital Operations is worth checking out.

Last week I got off of social media. I’m remaining off the grid for the next couple of weeks. Well… mostly. One change I’ve made is fixing my instagram. I started another account. Going forward, I’ll be separating my business in an effort to change how I present myself. If you have an instagram, please follow my Six Flags New Orleans page. My main account will be focused solely on portrait and landscape photography. I’ll be posting more Six Flags content to the new page through the rest of the week. Despite this, I am not looking at instagram and remain offline.

At the end of the week, I’ll be traveling to Europe for my first overseas trip. There I’ll be seeing Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands and Morocco. The time away will do me good. I’ll be bringing my Sony a7c with two new Viltrox lenses. I’ll also have my tablet and a portable keyboard, in case I get the urge to makes some notes or get some writing done.

Hopefully, when I return to the States, I’ll be carry some fresh perspective.

Stagnancy is a slow death. I still have some living to do.

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