Martha's out..

...and right back in for 5 months of "house arrest". What I wouldn't give to be forced to stay at home for 5 months...rewriting my website, updating photo archives, decorating (hell, just dusting, even), working out, writing, wow! I never understood people that said they couldn't retire because they would know what to do...I am so-o-o not my job and I so-o-o wouldn't have that problem.

I love this pic from the gates and really hate that it's not mine (pretty obvious, since I'm the one with the high-water jeans - not my fault! They are riding up a little since I'm wearing every piece of thermal underwear I own since it's only 28 degrees!) I know I'm flattering myself when I say this, but it makes me think "Charlie's-Angels-do-Gap-ad-in-the-shower-curtain-department-at-Macy's". Ne c'est pas?

Went to a gallery walk in an up-and-coming warehouse neighborhood south of downtown ("up-and-coming" in Atlanta means "I'm kinda embarassed about my neighborhood; don't walk to your car alone...") Ran into a friend (yay, very happy, never get to see her) and a friend of a friend having a photography opening. His stuff was great - emulsion on aluminum and glass. Why aren't I having an opening? I've given that a lot of thought:

1) I've dabbled in liquid emulsion and didn't have the patience - attention span too short for experimental stuff.

2) I've got some good stuff, but nothing thematic. I couldn't have the "woods" show, or the "goth" show, or the "messed-up in the head friends" show. Just like I've enjoyed making composites to post here, I need to explore themes that could actually embody an entire room/evening/event. Times Square lights start to come close - too self editing? "If one is good, why shoot more?"

3) I'm shy - I love to show off my stuff, but some non-commercial part of me that was born while trying to raise money for cub scouts by selling candles door-to-door HATES asking for money.

I think I'll go shoot this week. Assignment: 12 photos to sell.