nightbirds

Moved to Shanghai, am ecstatic about it so far!

These monsters steal so much of my time, attention and zest, that I can hardly tear myself away and go back to my own work, which is making art, after all. I tried limiting time spent managing my pool on Flickr to an hour a day, but I always manage to persuade myself to push the limit back whenever I feel like. Deviant Art is worse since it offers no satisfaction: browsing through its endless galleries of low quality anime and goth shit is like a torture. Wish I could turn off the internet, but the confound thing is wireless and self-tuning ;-)

At least for now (before I get stuck on another issue). I am inspired by all those photo collage makers I see on the web. Personally, I am trying to gradually shift from photorealism towards magic and impressionnism.

...to be pursuing this goal? Funny. On 43places.com I am having problems adding Busan to my list of visited places. As a result I cannot comment on it or rate is as “Not worth visiting”...

...but I’ll have to live in a less alienating place than Seoul. From how Koreans teach and practice yoga (a series of flexibility exercises combined with energetic change of postures) I bet they know nothing about good meditation. So I’ll wait till I’m in Shanghai.

...to go there in february for maybe two weeks!

For me, it means finding an impulse to sketch and draw and doodle at any given time, and not only when I am given a job assignment. And not to be intimidated by the goodness of other artists, there are oh so many, I admire them all!

I found Rosetta Stone’s approach too formal, and Pimsleur too fast-paced. I’m enjoying ChinesePod now.