Decisions

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Come this summer I think I will cut back on dA-time. A lot. Not going to leave or even just go on hiatus as I'll still be online quite a bit and of course I'll be around here, as well, but I'll just cut back on responsiblities connected with dA. It's just not the place I want to spend most of my internet-time anymore and I've tried very VERY hard to deny this fact over the past few months.
I used to comment almost every piece ony my watch-list. I used to comment every time I favd. I used to look forward to visit my message centre. I used to be excited about replying and browsing.
That's not the case anymore and it's not something you can force to return. I'm not blaming dA or the recent changes - changes are a part of life and who am I to say "this is for the better, that is for the worse"? All I can judge is myself, my attitude, my reaction to changes... and then draw my personal conclusions. That's what I'm doing right now.

I might make an account on redbubble but I think for a while I'll just try and focus on real life. See where my art takes me without the thought lingering in the back of my head "oh, I can put that on dA". Maybe join a *real* photography club in my home town, see if more people are interested in booking me for portrait shoots. Maybe I join workshops, ask around if galleries are interested to put some of my stuff up... I keep seeing tons of exhibitions opened, I should find out how those artists got their connections.
You know, just take some of my efforts OUT of the internet and INTO reality.

Doesn't mean I'm gone. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate online galleries and communities - I've learned a lot and I will keep learning from impressive artists and tutorials which I wouldn't have encountered without the internet and dA - but it's just time to rearrange priorities and realise that dA just isn't among them anymore. At least not among the top five.

I guess not many people are reading this journal anyway but it was necessary to put the thoughts out of my head and give them shape. One way or another, I'm still around. And over the next few weeks there's the "Minorities"-contest to take care of at :iconportraitclub: - so... yeah... on with the programme.



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Jay-Jusuf's avatar
thankyou so much :)