Kid left for vacation today and he'll be gone for a little more than a week.
on the list: take, process, drool over photos.
but before anything, random pictures from the digital camera.
on the list: take, process, drool over photos.
but before anything, random pictures from the digital camera.
Keith and I haven't been back to the regular sessions of our art class since May. I started getting really busy in May then was again absent for 2 weekends (in about 3 weeks duration) on a work-related trip to Canada. In july, work on the Studio Practice were at its height and our art teacher also got busy with his upcoming exhibits in places outside Iloilo but while I was absent though, art teacher and Keith met regularly to check on the progress of Studio Practice. At this time, the studio is almost done (art teacher had tried camping inside, actually). The last i visited the place in a month ago, the slabs are done and it only needed installation of the plywood at one section of the wall (i'm terrible at directions--have no idea if it's north, south, east or west wall). we're still thinking of leaving it "open" for the light but Iloilo is gets very wet sometimes and we don't want to compromise the previous works inside. for the updates, the gallery owner Rock Drilon has visited Studio Practice, art teacher informed. and because of that he's really pumped to start on with the installation/architectural project for the indigenous people of central panay. He and Keith might visit the uplands next month and it's too bad by then it'd be very impossible for me to be going with them.
At this point, i think i'm done with the kindergarten level of art class but i'm not yet sure if i'm ready to do something a notch higher. The project (the dayjob) i'm currently engaged in is ending in March 2013 and after that i'm not really sure what will happen. We're expected to close office in June 2013, but there were some "good news" that we might extend a little for a few more months (due to our overperformance--and that is probably true) and the low burn rate of our colleagues in the opposite part of the world. Then there are other potential engagements in line, not final but when it becomes, there is a possibility that i'd have to relocate to the south. I'm still haven't thought much about the relocation part but is excited of working in other cities.
what i really do want now is go back to taking pictures and learn to use the full potential of my 35mm. i have been reading through posts of film photographers (thomas locke hobbes has been very inspiring) and i'm very much willing to learn the technicalities of (film) photography if i see a chance. Keith has also invited me to bike across Panay as soon as the new baby learned to walk (the new baby i have yet to give birth to in January). but before that, i have yet to purchase a bike. I'm thinking of getting an urban bike (99% of the time i'll be using it for commuting to work and for grocery shopping--and going around with the kids if i do find a good kids trailer) but if i do take Keith's invitation, i might just as well scrap the idea of an urban bike and get a good road or mountain bike instead (that will be a lot pricier though).
So while i wait to spill this big bean out of my belly, everything's planned ahead: the bike, the self-teaching in using my 35 mm. (and maybe finish what i've been writing and decide on the concepts for the exhibit that art teacher has been prodding us).
