To Apollonia ...

It’s funny that you say that because I feel exactly the same. I look at your work and Eddy’s and almost always my mouth would drop and I’d say “WOW ... ‘sigh’, this is great work - I can’t compete .. mine looks so amateurish or trying hard.” But I think that’s what happens when we get caught up with opinions and criticism (I am guilty of that). We look at other works and try to compare it to ours. A friend of mine told me, he doesn’t look at photo books because his work tend to follow it, especially if he likes the artists. I know they are there for guidance and inspirations but there are times, I also can’t help but admire it to the point that I tend to mimic their work.

I thought I was the only one feeling this way - I also do not feel excited about my work anymore. I have been sick for the past couple of days because I feel this enormous stress on my shoulder. I haven’t look at my photos for a week because I want to forget it and to be able to look at it with a fresh new set of eyes and “see what I see.”

I guess, this is a good thing, it only means that we take this seriously. We want it to mean something - not just another pretty book.

Professor, sorry I am missing class today - I am still sick.

PS: Thanks Apollonia - your title comments makes a lot of sense. I will consider ‘reverie’ and ‘atramentaceous’ - though I thought the latter is a little too harsh and people wouldn’t know what that word means :-) - but that could be the catch.. Aha!