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November 24, 2010
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  • Mood: Irritated
  • Listening to: Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars
  • Reading: David Seymour - Tom Beck
  • Watching: Stargate Universe 2x09
  • Playing: Civilization V
  • Eating: Chicken Pasta
  • Drinking: Orange Tea
So it has been a year since my last journal entry. I never get around to playing with deviant art much. The last year has been work, strange projects, getting married, moving into the new place her and I bought, looking for more work, making money, trying to make more money, and then trying not to let that money disappear.

Wangyi and I bought and apartment, a mere 50 square meters. I took the shell of the place and completely redesigned it. Naturally nothing was where I wanted it, including the walls so most of it all went. Now the house is open and wide feeling, and I make it so there was a large area of the wall could be a balcony and the door is one of those fordable types that lets us kind of be inside and outside at the same time which makes spending long hours on the computer a little less sinful. Being the movie lover I am I could not resist splurging on the TV that is way larger than we need, and the nice sound system to go with it. Movies look so much different in bluray at home. The wife and I are obsessively watching Stargate Universe in HD every week and Top Gear whenever decent Chinese subtitles can be found.

I finally bought a Leica M8. A dream 4 years old finally realized. Yay.

Um....and with most of us, working, here, there, anywhere, nothing is stable now for anyone, "life long career" is sort of an oxymoron now. Even people I know who have been working in different industries for decades are finding themselves out on their asses.

Nice world we have now.

...And whenever "someone" does something to piss "everyone else" off the best we can do is to say we condemn that action. Weak.

I have been pondering going back to the states for a while now, missing the place where I grew up and lived for 19 years. Could I get employed somewhere? That is what keeps me from going back most. Who can get employed anymore? Wont stop me from trying though. Also thought about going back to school for a masters degree. Masters degree....seems that is what people do now when they cant find a job. The new mediocrity. That probably wont stop me either if it comes to it.
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Mood: Joy ~SailorSnowflack Nov 24, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
I’m glad that you’re doing Ok and that you’re still making your art. ^ ^
As for school, I’m not familiar with how much it cost in the main land but if it’s cheaper that here in the US, then go for it.
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~LeMarquis Nov 24, 2010  Professional Interface Designer
It's good to see you're doing pretty well! I know many of us had a turbulant year, me included! I went unemployed and still figurring out if I should work for myself or go back as employee. I see you have this stuggle like me? Did you consider going further as entrepreneur? Anyway! Good luck to you and best wishes! May 2011 be a better year for all of us...
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Thinking about it! Yeah its been a strange two years for me actually. I am also wondering if I should go dig deeper as an employee or do something for myself to do. Right now, where I am, I have a bad feeling it could be extremely difficult to do my own thing as there is developing xenophobia against small foreign businesses here but we will see......

Good luck with your choices....dont count on a career anymore, that word does not exist anymore in this world.
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~LeMarquis Dec 2, 2010  Professional Interface Designer
I've been watching your work for years now and was always amazed what you shot from behind the lens. Reflecting real life as I was in that very same street and sometimes even realising there are people worst off than me... I know you can make it very far If you decide to go as entrepreneur or self-emplyed photographer. A career is something you can only create yourself... Please don't be scared about the financial and personal issues that come along your path, if you follow your heart and mental awareness you'll make it, for sure! You have a big insight that not many people have, a Steve McCurry like view on the world! I'll bet you know who that is!

Good luck to you too on your future plans... And I only can give you one idea for now? Create a book from you best photo's along the years and scatter them around the traveling agencies, newspapers & anything I haven't even thought about... Maybe we could help each other out sometimes, I'll maybe doing your website one day!
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