When it comes to my photography, I don’t put myself out there too much.
I know, I know…you’re saying…wtf? She has a photoblog, posts on flickr, writes for VFXY Photos, and she doesn’t put herself out there much? Hah!
Seriously, though, I don’t put myself out there in a way that will call for *too* much rejection. I guess I’m afraid of that rejection, of not being deemed good enough to participate with the rest of the photoblogging / amateur photographer community. I’m a chicken.
But in the interest of trying new things, I have submitted a portfolio to the Fine Art Photoblog call for submissions. If I were accepted into one of the two open positions (which is a long shot, considering there are 30+ very fine photographers who have submitted their works), I would then be one of 8 photographers who post regularly on that site. It would be a great honor and a huge responsibility (just look at the requirements).
I wasn’t going to submit. Afterall, I’m moving in a month (ack, a month!), and I’m starting a whole new life. I was worried about not having enough time. The thing is, though, that I do photography for the love of it, and I make the time. Also, so many people have told me that I have to have an outlet during my doctoral progress. I need to have something that can allow me to get away from the research, reading, and thinking, thinking, thinking. Photography is something I absolutely love to do, and it is the perfect outlet for me.
Plus, I’m excited to share photographs from my new home…to see a new part of the country in a whole new way. And if I get to share that with others, in a broader forum, all the better.
I’ve been slowly selling things from my house on craigslist and a few other flagstaff online markets. Moving is always such a good time to really assess what is important, and what is just taking up space and collecting dust.
Today, I continued the purging. I had a yard sale at my brother’s house (my house is too far out of town and doesn’t get enough traffic for a good yard sale), and got rid of even more things.
Before I started this, while my brother was helping me cart things in to his house yesterday, he told me to not charge too much and to just get rid of things. It’s easier to rid myself of them rather than bring them back and have to start all over again with them. I think I surprised even him, though. It got to the point that I was offering entire boxes of craft stuff at $1 per box. I was tired and the people were not really interested in spending too much. I wanted to get rid of it and it wasn’t *really* about the money.
It was fun. Half of my stuff was gone within the first hour. There are still a few things so we’re going to do it again in the morning, but overall, it was a good purge.
My home now has mostly the essentials. It’s kind of nice living a more uncluttered life.
With the changing of my blogging clothing, I’ve decided to add a bit of academia to my blog.
Above the first post on my blog, there is an announcement box. In this box, I will be posting rhetoric/composition/scientific & technical comm conferences and calls for proposals/papers.
Mostly this is for me, because I can’t keep up with all of the deadlines and opportunities. But I think it’s also a great way to share this with other people who might be interested in seeing what is available out there.
If you know of a conference / CFP in these areas, please send me an email. I’ll get it posted.
A fellow blogger just posted a link to this video on friendfeed. He wrote that it made him laugh, so I figured I’d get a good laugh out of it, too.
Now, I agree that I can see the funny side of it. And the actress in question, Emmanuelle Béart, was obviously not offended by it. But…when did it become ok to accost a sleeping woman?
Yes, yes…I know it’s just a commercial. And yes, I understand it is done in humor. But people watch these things and then consider that this kind of behavior is ok. It’s not. The man was moving her clothing around to make it appear as if they had an intimate relationship. That’s not funny to me. In fact, it’s alarming that this would be considered humorous at all.
