People keep giving me advice. But then I keep asking for it. Nothing new there, I have always asked everybody and their brother and their brother’s cousin’s friend’s roommate’s for their opinions. The only difference is that in the past I used to ignore them completely and do what I wanted anyway. It was such a signature move that my one friend actually stopped answering my pleas for her thoughts because she said “it doesn’t matter what I say, you’re going to do whatever you want anyway.” She said it with a smile though.
And yet I find myself changed. Maybe I’ve lost some of my “much-ness.” I’m still asking for opinions, but instead of keeping my head about me, I’ve become completely embroiled the “everyone” – in what everyone thinks I should do. All this mishegas has weaseled its way into my brain and made a nest and “everybody” is its fluffy lining.
I’m mentioning it on this meant-to-be photo blog because I am starting this business pretty much from scratch and that’s where the “everybodies” and the come in. I’ve been shooting since I was 15 and professionally for 7 years and yet in all that time I never really managed to set up a proper web presence or even settle on a logo. So I’m starting from scratch, in a new city, a new (ish) business and I want to do it right.
Right, but what’s right anyway? Is it the way other people have done it in the past? The way the new cool kids are doing it now? I get so mired in all this silliness that I don’t know where to turn. Then my friend (who isn’t effected by these sorts of brain plague issues and can’t understand how I get so wrapped up in them) sent me this interview with David Horvath, the creator of Ugly Dolls. And what stood out for me was “Get as much input as you can, then don’t follow any of it.”
So we’ll see how that works out. = )
Yeah and here’s a picture of some mops in love. Why? Why not?
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