It's been a while since I wrote anything. I mean, here in this "Blog, " which I just named "Mind the Gap." There's been a lot of "fuck me" moments but also some happy ones as well. No one is dead yet, but time and tide remind me that's never a sure thing.
In the meantime, I've been busy with life and work, looking for purpose after helping raise my son. You know, the kind of purpose that tells you to get up each morning and do stuff because if you don't, the world will fall apart. Well, that's a bit dramatic, but I think everyone can relate to it to some degree, especially after a change in life. The loss of a loved one, watching your home burn, getting married, a presidential election, or the aftermath of raising a child.
People always say you must get over it, dust yourself off, quit whining about it, or tough it out. The only helpful advice I've received in dealing with emotional change is to talk about it and fake it until you make it. It's a weird mix. What do you do when you have no one to talk to? Or when that person or group you depended on is gone?
I don't know... These are the questions I ask myself as I struggle with my artwork and other photo-related work. Regardless of the answers I find or don't find, maybe I can be ok even when I'm unhappy or alone.
That brings us to this post's title and now the blog's name. It's been a while since I wrote anything, so that's one gap. There is a gap between the work I did then and the kind of work I'm doing now. There is also a gap between who I was nearly three years ago and now. So I hope you can mind the gap. (Yeah, I said it.)
I'm not breaking any new ground with these insights, but this outlet is a way of organizing (or is it disorganizing?) my thoughts and finally putting them out there. Right now, it seems right for me to do it. Why not videos? Videos aren't just my bag yet. Maybe 🤔 one day.
My Instagram account provides the best recap of what I've been up to in the last couple of years. You can always check it out if you're curious. 😉
I hope you enjoy this little slice of life from me.
I plan to be posting more here in the next few months. Please check in and see what's happening on this side of the Gap.
Cheers,
Dono
1/23/25
"I was just thinking that it would be nice if the world were a gentler place."—Spice and Wolf, Vol. 12, Isuna Hasekura.
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