I feel like I'm holding back the important details of my Irish existence. Just like the subject in this picture: the artist is in focus but the picture doesn't show what the artist is focusing on.
The initial joy of arriving and settling down in Dublin has been replaced by the joys of everyday living no different than living in any other part of the world, be it New York, Boston, Moscow, Brussels or Edmonton. The only difference is that I haven't moved to Dublin to start a new job.
Just as it is hard for a flower to thrive in the desert, it is hard for an artist to thrive devoid of artistic environment. I have enrolled into the creative photography class at the Institute of Photography - Dublin to address the need for support and advice from the industry peers. It has been a week and a half and I'm already working on a project that is due on October 19th. The objective is to pick a theme, make ten images, print and display them in class. Easily said than done, but I'll get there.
Projects aside, is there anything you would like me to write about? I am operating in the assignment-mode at the moment, so if you'd ask "what do you eat for dinner?", I'd certainly write about that experience as if it were my current assignment. Anyone? ;)