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stuck
Monday, April 27, 2009

I feel stuck, and I don't know why. I need hobbies, and I can't quite get there. I hear people with passions, exploring the options life is offering them, whilst I sit here just getting on. There must be something better out there, but I'm not sure what it is, and I'm not sure how to find it. I have a million ideas of things I want to do (take more photos, learn German, learn to drive, write...) and no idea how to start doing them. I can see how people spend their lives doing nothing, but I can't be that kind of person. I know it's a phase, I hope it's just a phase.
I need to wake up from this stupor and start doing instead of thinking and complaining. I need to.

Posted by Vanina | 21:18 | Comments (0)
our flat
Sunday, April 19, 2009
I finally got off my arse and took a few photos of (bits of) our lovely flat on Norham Gardens. Just the living room/dining room/study/kitchen (yes, we live in a very open plan space, mainly because it's small!), so the bedroom will come later on!

Norham Gardens Norham Gardens

Norham Gardens Norham Gardens

Norham Gardens Norham Gardens

There's a few more photos of the flat on my Flickr page, and I've decided to finally work through some of my India photos (I can't believe they've been sitting here un-photoshopped since September), so I will be adding those slowly in the next few days.
The lovely Raebe has given me some great news - she's somehow become involved in the organisation of a new space/gallery for young people/artists in Guildford, and if it all takes off she suggested I might want to exhibit some of my photos. Also, I've just received an email from someone from the Los Angeles Times asking if they could use one of my photos of Lake Toba for an online gallery on underrated holiday destinations. I was wondering what hobby I could pick up, and I'm pretty sure this is a sign I need to spend more time taking photographs. For once, I feel excited about something, and I need more of this, I seriously seriously do. I finally bought myself on of Nan Goldin's books, The Devil's Playground - she's one of my favourite photographers - and I've really enjoyed reading it. I think I need to take inspiration. Also, I need to blog more often...
Posted by Vanina | 17:28 | Comments (1)
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Because a picture is worth a thousand words, and I cannot describe my life better than a picture can.
And because my heaven is here, I'll wrap the world around it and live in a cocoon. Quoting from a favourite song, 'Letting the cables sleep' by Bush, in its incarnation as a remix. And I do wish the friend who introduced me to the song was here to see the way things turned out.
The photos used on this site were all taken by me and can be found on my Flickr account.
This blog was opened on October 8th, 2002 and this version, the fifth, was uploaded on November 1st, 2007.

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