LARAWAN

Two of my childhood dreams were to become either as a painter or a photographer. Filmmaking never really got into the picture until my late years in highschool. Until then, I loved painting portraits of people in the magazine or recreating illustrations from my Magic cards. I also enjoyed taking snapshots of my relatives whenever they are eating and sleeping; I believe those pictures still exist up to this very day. As far as taking videos is concerned, well I think I just enjoyed taping my chubby cousin's legs whenever she arrives from the States.

Lately, through the inspiration of some artistic friends, I have come to revisit my appreciation and passion for painting and photography (when I say photography, it's more than the usual Kramwhoring, if you know what I mean) As much as I laugh at people who love to take those artsy fartsy photos, which then I still considered stupid and pathetic, I have come to realize that this was the thing that I used to love doing... This is where I began.

So last night, I gathered all my recent great photos (all of which I took except for pictures featuring myself, of course) and uploaded them in an artistic site (so to speak [and if you're asking why I didn't use Flickr, well, I hate the fact that it has limits, that's all.) After that, I just enjoyed looking at other people's photographs and original art whether they are nude (artistically shot of course [you perv]), romantic, emotive or just simply spontaneous. I also love the fact that within my first 2 hours, people have started making comments and adding my photos in their favorite lists. If it's immediate gratification that I'm looking, this may very well be the answer.

This isn't actually one of my favorites but the sun here just seems so wonderful.