Life flows in many different directions for everyone and sometimes we have choices to choose the outcome of a situation whereas other times we have to just sit there for the ride. No one can just give us a button to press to make life easier or much more simple because it's ridiculous to think that would be possible and it would be pretty dull. A year ago, I went through a lot with my senior year of college, personal life, and direction I was heading in my career. It's crazy to think that I'm not in school any longer filling out Q&A of who you're, what your major is and why you're taking the class blah blah blah, etc. I am a free from that responsibility of fulfilling tedious assignments that grant me a letter grade that can determine my faith of doing fantastic, well, decent, bad, to fail, which then opens or closes doors to possibilities. The point I'm driving at in this statement is that you can lose track of time and forget why you started something or what your passions were years ago when completing tasks that take up all your time. I felt I lost myself at some points during that semester because life was overwhelmingly stressful and drove me to thinking I was mad or bonkers like the mad hatter.
Eventually, I pushed through and survived. Graduating was a surreal moment that back when I was in elementary school, I thought I wasn't going to achieve. It seemed so far away. The moment to sit back and relax for a week or so as I caught up on sleep seemed pleasant and well deserved for my over stimulated brain. However, the sweet victory didn't last very long as another plot twist was added to my life as I then faced the heartache of losing my dearly beloved dog, Precious. She was the sunshine in my life as well as the center of my universe. The privileged of only having her for 6.5 years seemed short, however, her presence made a significant change in my life in so many ways. Losing her was devastating to say the least, making it incredibly difficult to even pick up my camera as she was my pure inspiration and my assistant on just about any project of mine, whether she was there getting involved or was mentally in my mind. I felt lost and depressed after losing her and stayed offline for awhile. It was a depressing summer with losing her and dealing with other personal stuff that affected my life negatively.
Near the end of summer, a new light appeared in my life. My family and I decided that we wanted to get a new dog because the absence of Precious was unbearable. In contacting several people, we were able to acquire a 5 month old Samoyed named Presley. After having him for a month now, Presley has brought happiness and joy back into our house and into our lives. Although we still miss Precious, we will always remember her while her legacy will be carried on with Presley. Continuing on with him, I've been getting things organized again in my life and have been wanting to break this funk I've been in for awhile and start enjoying life as well as start creating new bodies of work. My plan for the future is to at least post something on my blog here once a month. I may post new work or old work or even just quick little updates. Eventually, I may consider using Twitter & Instagram. In the meantime, I'm gonna start updating this site to have more portfolio work white the other site will contain a large portfolio of series of works that are constantly being updated.
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Although I feel I've been a bit rogue (even though I've been attempting to post a photograph once a month to my Facebook feed), I thought it would be nice to write out something to any followers and to hopefully keep it going.