Browsing the LFI Gallery...
...whilst doing other stuff. The weather has been unusually warm today, and oh boy did I feel it kick in my head this time. I might be Asian by birth, by skin color and by upbringing. But today I knew one part of me has become totally Norwegian: low tolerance to high temperatures.
So after 8 hours in the office I decided, yet again, to make this a restitution day (two in a row? WTF) and sleep off this horrendous headache that I was having. The power nap helped. But I still feel I am not up to doing anything physically strenuous today. So I better be creative and just write.
In between backing up the data on my old gamer PC (which still hasn't sold; I was actually supposed to use the money from that sale to buy the Mac, but I couldn't wait so I bought the Mac beforehand and now I am seriously running low on cash), reformatting my backup drives to the Mac format, consolidating music libraries, and other daunting and time-consuming computer chores, I decided to check up on what has got to be, only recently, my most favorite sites on the internet: the LFI Gallery. LFI stands for Leica Fotografie Internationale, and it is, you guessed it, a collection of photographs taken by people from all over the world, using Leica equipment of course.
Browsing through the LFI Gallery is like walking in a museum filled with what could be the most beautiful photographs you have ever seen, in both the technique and composition. If pictures tell a thousand words, then the LFI Gallery is filled with wonderful, amazing stories, in an unfathomable amount, that you wouldn't be able to hear all of them in this lifetime or the next. Simply breathtaking.
Which brings me to the next epiphany which just dawned on me this morning: I was not born to crunch numbers. I was not born to sit in an office 8 hours a day piling number after number in countless Excel workbooks. I was born creative. Ever since I was a child I have dabbled in writing, photojournalism, and music. And God knows I still fiddle with the DSLR's at my local camera shop whenever I have the opportunity to do so. In my forward journey through life, I actually have to take big leap back and embrace one of the traits that made me who I am today: the passion to express myself, and the vision to expose beauty.
So now I know, sooner or later I will have to take another giant leap and quit being a CPA, grab some (hopefully) decent camera equipment (I don't have one yet right now), and go back to school. But not for some technical, administrative learning. This time I will study what I have always wanted to study all along: arts and photography. To hell with the creative mood swings I experienced when I was still a kid and playing piano at a very competitive level. I am an adult now and I know what to do should I ever have a creative "juice" overload.
The question, is, of course, when. In any case it will have to be soon. I am not getting any younger, and ever since I moved to Norway many years ago I have repressed all my creative energy in order to fit in and be like everybody else. So a decision will have to be made soon. But right now I am too tired to think of the answer to that. I am sure of one thing though: I WANT A FREAKING LEICA M9! I know if I want it hard enough I will eventually get it. I just have to put my mind to it, or rather, I have to find a way to start earning NOK 70.000 fast.
And by the way, if you want to take a look at the LFI Gallery, follow this link. I recommend you check out the "Photo Stories" area first.
So after 8 hours in the office I decided, yet again, to make this a restitution day (two in a row? WTF) and sleep off this horrendous headache that I was having. The power nap helped. But I still feel I am not up to doing anything physically strenuous today. So I better be creative and just write.
In between backing up the data on my old gamer PC (which still hasn't sold; I was actually supposed to use the money from that sale to buy the Mac, but I couldn't wait so I bought the Mac beforehand and now I am seriously running low on cash), reformatting my backup drives to the Mac format, consolidating music libraries, and other daunting and time-consuming computer chores, I decided to check up on what has got to be, only recently, my most favorite sites on the internet: the LFI Gallery. LFI stands for Leica Fotografie Internationale, and it is, you guessed it, a collection of photographs taken by people from all over the world, using Leica equipment of course.
Browsing through the LFI Gallery is like walking in a museum filled with what could be the most beautiful photographs you have ever seen, in both the technique and composition. If pictures tell a thousand words, then the LFI Gallery is filled with wonderful, amazing stories, in an unfathomable amount, that you wouldn't be able to hear all of them in this lifetime or the next. Simply breathtaking.
Which brings me to the next epiphany which just dawned on me this morning: I was not born to crunch numbers. I was not born to sit in an office 8 hours a day piling number after number in countless Excel workbooks. I was born creative. Ever since I was a child I have dabbled in writing, photojournalism, and music. And God knows I still fiddle with the DSLR's at my local camera shop whenever I have the opportunity to do so. In my forward journey through life, I actually have to take big leap back and embrace one of the traits that made me who I am today: the passion to express myself, and the vision to expose beauty.
So now I know, sooner or later I will have to take another giant leap and quit being a CPA, grab some (hopefully) decent camera equipment (I don't have one yet right now), and go back to school. But not for some technical, administrative learning. This time I will study what I have always wanted to study all along: arts and photography. To hell with the creative mood swings I experienced when I was still a kid and playing piano at a very competitive level. I am an adult now and I know what to do should I ever have a creative "juice" overload.
The question, is, of course, when. In any case it will have to be soon. I am not getting any younger, and ever since I moved to Norway many years ago I have repressed all my creative energy in order to fit in and be like everybody else. So a decision will have to be made soon. But right now I am too tired to think of the answer to that. I am sure of one thing though: I WANT A FREAKING LEICA M9! I know if I want it hard enough I will eventually get it. I just have to put my mind to it, or rather, I have to find a way to start earning NOK 70.000 fast.
And by the way, if you want to take a look at the LFI Gallery, follow this link. I recommend you check out the "Photo Stories" area first.
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