8.26.09 - 360/365

i like these meta portraits
the endless self referential loop...
fitting because august was meant to be about evaluating all daily process
so that i can make some decisions about going forward
well,
i am still not clear...

i can't keep taking these pictures of myself
(at least i don't think i can)
but there is an aspect of it that's working
since it is very different from saying:
"i will take a picture a day"
with a self portrait project you are guaranteed 2 things:
1. access to the same subject matter each day
2. subject matter with which you have an intimate connection
this is hard to duplicate

there are also other questions that i have to answer like:

which blogs to continue & how do they overlap?
during this time i have stopped posting on random thoughts
even without that pressure
i sometimes feel that it is too much
to create compelling material each day
for both this blog and my 2 fotolae

and
am i more comfortable with...?
a strict photoblog like random thoughts
or
with a more traditional blog format like this where i write as well

and
what to do about my daily watercolor project?
do i continue with the same 5 journals which are becoming unwieldy
or
do i create some new format for it

and
what about my website overhaul?
am i just upgrading the infrastructure:
adding style sheets,
getting rid of the frames architecture,
making it more inviting to update
or
am i also giving it a stylistic overhaul
going for a lighter, more airy, stripped down approach?

these are a lot of questions to answer in 5 days...

8.25.09 - 357/365

so, i thought i should do one more for fgr before this thing comes to a close
i think the point of this group (the anti penguin domination league ) is weirdness
this wasn't what i had originally intended
but getting out of this garment kind of fit the bill

& the not so weird ones:

8.24.09 - 358/365

a big 365 day no-no
2 days in the row
in the same place.
wearing the same thing,
but that's how it goes sometimes
yes, i went to sleep between this picture and the last;
for about 4 hours
no, i didn't sleep in my clothes
but in a little burst of hopefulness
i do put on my studio clothes every morning
hoping i'll paint a bit
but
once i sit down at the computer
i just don't get up
it's that addictive for me
solving the structural problems
and
at this point of the programming process
i can't find the painting place
the activities are too extremely different:
exploration vs examination,
but i feel that this is about
upgrading my virtual home
(it currently uses frames & doesn't use style sheets)
so that i can really use it as a tool

2 possible captions:
things i don't really take anymore
or
very happy about the low light capability of this camera

8.23.09 - 357/365

another day in front of the computer
and i mean completely in front of the computer
(it's now 4 am)
still building the frame work for my revised site
it's been a long time coming
but it makes me feel secure
to think that i finally will have someplace to put all my projects
it's very parallel to getting my studio to a place where it functions for me
and it also involves going backward
which means there is a lot of stuff that's gotten stirred up

8.22.09 - 356/365

another geek day
a lot of computer
a lot of programming
a lot of problem solving
a lot of what needs to happen for the future

and then
also
things that happened in the past

8.21.09 - 355/365

went in to town this morning to the union square farm market
i have to be honest,
even though i am grateful to have a great greenmarket at grand army plaza,
there is nothing like the one at union square;
the variety is amazing
and after a cool rainy summer,
there has finally been enough heat and sun
to produce summer's bounty

8.20.09 - 354/365

on the manhattan bridge
on my bike
on my way to work
and
it's pushing 90°

on days like this
i go into granny gear
for the uphill part of the bridge