fenestration decay
I’ve been really fascinate by decay lately. Truthfully I don’t know if it’s some sort of manifestation of mortal fears or what. Having children really seems to dramatically change one’s outlook on life. I, for example, never worried about what would happen should an early demise rob this planet of my presence. Now, however, I have real fears that aren’t seemingly selfish.
I worry about my children and my wife. Will they be taken care of? How will they cope, not financially, but emotionally. Personally I can’t imagine having to take care of my kiddos without my wife. While I consider myself a good dad, I don’t think I could handle it!
So these thoughts creep into my art. How do other things stand the tests of time? What survives? What doesn’t?
Rust has suddenly become a very beautiful substance to me. The image above is an old window littered with old paint, broken panes, some cracks and a little patch work. While the window has been abused by nature and humans alike, still it stands there. Against all odds this window looks right back at time and says “Gimme all you got!”.
Things have been rather hectic in my own little world as of late.
Brent and I are working on a project together (actually several) and I’ve been working on getting all of my artwork in a more cohesive order.
With the launch of Discovered Artists website I’ve decided to change a few things in my work-flow. The photoblog A Cognitive State of Mind will no longer be “active”. I’ll probably just take it down soon and have it point to here for the time being. In its place (later) I will have a “proper” flash gallery. I’ve just found myself much too busy to upload an image everyday as is the proper practice for a photoblog. Besides, I’ve needed a gallery for some time and that URL already has incoming links so why waste them right?
Furthermore, I will begin “cleaning” up my Flickr account and removing many images from the site. I have been contemplating this decision for many weeks and have decided to take more caution in the images that are representative of me as an artist, no matter where those images are viewed. In essence I will use the Flickr account as a secondary gallery.
Here at Damien Franco dot Com I will be posting much more frequently and sharing images along the way as well. I feel there will be more of an emphasis on Fine Art Photography as a recurring topic, but certainly I will use this medium to rant and rave as I choose.
Lastly, Heather (my wife) and I are starting yet another blog (her first!). Because we live in a town completely devoid of exceptional customer service we often times find ourselves frustrated (even infuriated) by the service we receive while dinning. I’ve worked as a waiter before so I know it’s hard, but there is absolutely no reason we should be receiving the service we receive. I will be getting some business cards made with the website URL on the front and text on the back stating “You’ve just served the authors of MidlandDining.net” or something to that effect. We’ll give one to the server and one to the manager so they can see how bad or good their service was. We’ve been talking about doing this for a while and I feel it’s one case where maybe, just maybe, a couple of people can really make a difference. While that website won’t be updated too often (we only go out to eat about once a week) I think it will hit home for some people and hopefully others will get the benefits of our labors. Maybe the service industry in this town will start to turn around, maybe not. It should be fun though. I’m willing to bet the comments section gets a little nasty after the site has gained momentum.
That’s it for now. Cheers!
