Time spent elsewhere. If I start to type will the words flow?
I honestly don’t know…
It’s been three months and now it’s the last day of 2012. It’s been an intense period for me and I’m looking forward to what 2013 will bring. As some of you will know, my partner and I decided to split amicably in August. We’d been together for over thirteen years and while I’m not going to go into the details here suffice to say that we both want different things in life and neither of us can see it happening if we stay together. Things are friendly and all but it’s still tricky at times. So I’ve been busy renovating my flat and moved in two weeks ago. The renovations took much longer than planned, thanks largely to an oft-times absent builder, but it’s worked out well with end of the school year and Christmas holidays. The flat’s turned out very nicely and I’ll do a whole post on that soonly. It doesn’t feel quite so much like a hotel suite anymore 😉
Astute readers of this blog will have noticed I’ve been very quiet creatively and while I’ve been taking some pictures I’ve not had a workstation to process them on until I moved in. That said, I have done a couple of commissions for Living Magazine;
pimped a friends Cadillac
got flown to Adelaide for a weekend of following two gorgeous musicians around the Adelaide Hills (the images are beautiful but awaiting my workflow mojo to return 😉 )
On the way there, I stuffed around in the airport;
I did go outside … to Sydney even;
Wirestorm, one of the large pictures from last year’s exhibition sold for $2,000 at a local gallery … I was quite pleased about that 🙂
Two of my photographs were selected for book covers;
Canberra by Paul Daly
and a dragon-fantasy book in Canada … the title of which I am unable to currently recall
The Australian National Botanic Gardens featured my work when I photographed their AfterDark night garden experiences
I finally entered the smartphone fraternity and spend many, many hours playing with it. It takes decent pictures too. I’ve spent a good deal of the past three months drooling over the new Nikon bodies but came to the realisation that if I’d bought one then it would pretty much sit in its box… the time is approaching though!
On the way I lost track of some friends and I honestly don’t know what happened with some of them … things went quiet and just nothing … I didn’t have the energy to follow through and all and chase things that seemingly held no return … my mind really was elsewhere.
Looking back I’ve been busy and I would oft look at my neglected blog and read through my feeds but have not commented when I felt I had nothing to share back … it’s been kinda like that … a lot of feeling I had nothing to share back … not publicly anyways.
If you’ve read all the way down here … thank you … and I wish you the very best of the season and a spectacular 2013. I’m going to be there and I’d love to see you there too.
Geoff
I wish for you a New Year of harmony and peace with much time to devote to your heart’s desires. Glad to see you back on this page.
Thank you Sally 🙂
Welcome back. I have missed you and, as always, your images are stupendous. I hope that this New Year brings you dreams to realise. As only you can.
Thank you Sue … I’ll return to my revised normality soonly 🙂
Geoffrey, May the New Year bring you and your loved ones joy and happiness! All the best for you and yours!!!!
Thank you Fabrizio – and you 🙂
I have tears in my eyes, Geoff, because I DID miss you and wondered about you often these last 3 months. I have a similar story…of breaking up with my past partner after 13 years together. Now that I’m on this side of it, 4 years later, even in a new country, it’s the best thing that ever happened to me. So I wish for you the Light at the end of your tunnel…and many more posts like this to come! I LOVE your photography and the way you write. You definitely have a gift!!!
Here’s to 2013. I tip my hat to you and who you are! Happy New Year.
Oh Ginnie … thank you. Life has its twists and turns but things get stronger 🙂
sounds like a rather successful year after all 🙂 happy 2013. and may our paths cross again soon xxo
It did end up all right! Thanks 🙂
Dear Geoffrey, may the new year bring you all kinds of wonderful.
Take care.
Thanks Judith and to you 🙂
Here’s to life, with all the swings and roundabouts that take us on this crazy ride.
Lovely to see you back Geoffrey and best wishes to you for the New Year!
(“Wirestorm” is exquisite!)
Thank you Patti … looking forward to a great 2013.
That’s a very beautiful and moving post, Geoffrey. Your work Wirestorm reminds me of delicate seagrass dancing in the sea… I love the wonderful shallow depth of field and your colour treatment incredibly. Congratulations on selling it!
I wish you a brilliant New Year filled with happiness, lots of joy and plenty of wonderful experiences. I look forward to visiting your blog throughout 2013 and be inspired by your amazing work.
Thanks Martina and I’m looking forward to some more beautiful work from you too 🙂
Wonderful selection! Here’s to a year of creativity and promise!
Thanks Elena 🙂
THIS MY SECOND READING – WELCOME BACK!!! HOPE YOU ARE SMILING A BIT. MARI
I’m smiling … thanks Marialla 🙂
Well – in spite of your absence and silence – it’s clear you’ve been very very busy. Love your imagery..hope to see you back here more!
Thanks Marcie … it has been busy – just not with art and words. Not that I didn’t think of them … it’s just that they weren’t for anyone else but me 🙂
Oh boy, I can’t believe I missed that post of you. Just read the latest and work back from there. Looks like there was a lot more going on over there in your world than I thought. Lots of things and possibly much more unspoken thoughts and pictures remaining in the world of ideas.
I can so relate to what you wrote about renovating the flat and making yourself a home as it was a bit like this for me too last year and I still have 2-3 unpacked boxes sitting in the kitchen and about 200 books stashed behind the sofa. Curious to see some pictures of your new home, maybe I should do the same and share some glimpses of the red sofa in its new environment one day 🙂
I really love the Wirestorm picture, very nice work. And two book covers – that’s awesome! Let’s see what the new year offers, it might be a blast.
🙂 There has been lots going on! And there still is, but it’s working out for the best 🙂
Still got a few boxes that seem to be half-full of essentially the same stuff just waiting to be sorted 😉
And a red couch!
Love and hugs to you all. Have been thinking how it is all going.
Stay well and happy and may 2013 bring much happiness to you. xx
Awww … thanks Nic 🙂
Everything seems to be travelling very well and I’m looking forward to what 2013 will bring 🙂 xx
Hallo Geoff
Ob ich mit der Google-Übersetzung alles richtig verstanden habe? Nun ich bin mir nicht sicher.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Verkauf des Bildes “Wirestorm” und die beiden Buch-Cover, sowie die Arbeitsvorstellung im Australian National Botanic Gardens! 🙂
Es klingt für mich, als sei deine “Geist-Reise” wichtig für dich gewesen?! Menschen die dich lieben bleiben, die anderen lass ziehen.
Auch ich vernachlässige meinen Blog immer wieder für längere oder kürzere Zeiten. Zum kommentieren auf anderen Blog reicht die Zeit meist nicht. Nun ich arbeite viel in meinem Job als Krankenschwester. In der Freizeit gibt immer wieder neue Aufgaben die Erledigt werden möchten. Auch ich habe bemerkt, dass wenn ich wenig blogge, ich weniger Leser habe.
Seit wenigen Wochen besitze auch ich ein Smartphone und erkundete die Möglichkeiten des Gerätes. Viele angebotene Apps sind nicht zu gebrauchen. Ich denke so langsam ist mein Phone eingerichtet, so wie ich es benütze und brauche.
Geoff, herzlichen Dank für deine Wünsche fürs 2013! 🙂 Auch ich wünsche dir verspätet ein spektakuläres 2013!
Claudia
Google translate version:
Hello Geoff
Whether I’m using the Google translation understood everything correctly? Now I’m not sure.
Congratulations on the sale of the painting “Wire Storm” and the two book covers, as well as work performance at the Australian National Botanic Gardens! 🙂
It sounds to me as if your “ghost tour” have been important to you? People who stay love you, let’s consider the other.
Also, I am neglecting my blog again for longer or shorter periods. To comment on another blog is not enough time usually. Well, I work a lot in my job as a nurse. During leisure, always new tasks who want to be done. Also I have noticed that when I blog a little, I have fewer readers.
For a few weeks I also own a smartphone and explored the possibilities of the instrument. Many offered apps are useless. I think so slow my phone is set up, as I still use and need.
Geoff, thank you for your wishes for 2013! 🙂 Also, I wish you a spectacular late 2013!
Claudia