The spring break is over. I was able to have some time in Athens visiting friends and the teacher from school who is in a very positive recovery from her stroke. All seems well with her and we all hope to see her back on the island soon. I have been expanding, albeit slowly, my 4×5 portraits and will be developing some sheet film tonight. These are family photos of a wonderful homesteading family here on the island, an English couple who raise their own chickens for eggs and bees for honey. In return I received a half-dozen fresh eggs. I’ll take that as a solid barter.
We have less than 40 days until the show and even les for me since I will be off the island for a long weekend so that leaves about a month to do what I need to do and still have two or three days of free time before the show. That is a lot of work for me. I am focusing on quality rather than quantity but there is still a quota I need to fill. I think ten large-format scans from the digital lab and 15 silver pieces. This, of course, doesn’t count the paintings. I think there will be 8 to 10 of those as well. Those have to be finished by the week before the show so that the paint can dry fully. I have my work cut out for me.
The weather has turned to spring/summer warmth, sun and the kind of light that begs for early morning photography. It also seduces the less fortunate into spending time at the beach rather than in the studio. So be it. This is not my problem. The phrase ‘youth is wasted on the young’ is apt here as always. So much energy and so poorly used. It is interesting to see how young kids blow off huge amounts of energy too soon and then have none for the rest of the day. They are naturally out of balance. This changes in the future as they age and learn how to manage time. I think so anyway.
More to come…
JDCM
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