Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The City So Big They Had To Name It Twice



I'm nervously getting myself ready for another solo trip to NYC tomorrow.  I'll be working with Jody Ake in Brooklyn to hone my wet plate photo skills for a day.  Otherwise--I'm footloose.  Five days in New York.  Well situated above mid-town on the East Side.  Dinner with Q at Holy Basil tomorrow night.  The rest to wander and explore.  I'll keep you informed.

I write in solitude, of course, which makes me feel rather solipsistic.  Whenever I get a hint that this blog exists in the world outside, I am shocked.  Yesterday, the blog got a big bump.  I discovered that something I had written a while back was reprinted on another blog.  I don't mind at all, but as I say, it is surprising to me to find that what I do really exists elsewhere.  It was fun to read what I had written though I wanted to edit it there and then.

But I am hoping to exist elsewhere, or at least that my work will.  I am beginning to send some things out for consideration.  I've never asked a woman out because I can't stand rejection, so we'll see what happens here.

If you have any suggestions for my trip, let me know quickly.  I leave early in the morning.

4 comments:

  1. The only suggestion I have for your trip is for YOU to bring LOTS of money. We'll need it...

    -Sean

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  2. The advice is Micke Berg's from his book "Fotograferna" (2006)

    He says: Send your script to 10 publishers. I you don't get a single positive response, print the book yourself.

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  3. Suggestion: Take ME with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Seriously, just soak it all in so you can come back, write about it and we can live vicariously through your experiences.

    And have fun!

    -R

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