I keep bitching about how it rains and I can’t ride my bike to and from work, wah wah wah. Well, if you hadn’t noticed, I’ve become quite addicted to biking. I’m consumed. I
m obsessed. It’s my release from the daily grind. It’s a work out. It gets me from point A and Point B with beautiful SF scenery in between. My drivetrain of choice requires a different train of thought… a heightened sense of road awareness. I also bitch about not feeling inspired. It’s about time I do something about that.
Why not substitute non-biking days with lugging around a camera or two. I always use to lug around my Nikon FE, or Lomo, or Olympus XA or even my digital SLR. I’ve been too involved with obsessing over bikes because until 10 minutes ago, it was my only release from the daily grind, the day-in and day-out stress, the mundane. I don’t paint. I can’t paint. I suck at drawing. But I’ll be damned if I met somebody who said I can’t shoot. Sooo… to sum up this silly rant of mine… life before Loomis Group was having a camera strapped to me at all times. I had my keys, wallet, chap stick, USB stick, a couple of altoids, my phone and my camera. Somewhere from starting my professional career after school, I lost a passenger.
On days I don’t bike (or days I do) I will have a camera. It’s time to quit bitching about not riding, not feeling inspired, and it’s time to start stirring things up a bit, like how things used to be. I feel I don’t get excited about many things anymore and I’m not happy about it. Time to get back into the arts. I need to get myself out of this rut.
Good for you…
Keep it up Jeff!! I know exactly what you mean.