I had lunch/coffee with a friend today. She has been a supporter of me and my photography since before I made it a full-time endeavor. Thanks Jen! Of course I don’t consider her a friend because she has supported me. She’s a friend, so she supports me. And she happens to like my work. I don’t expect every friend or even family member to like my work, but it means a lot when they do.
It’s important for me to make lunch-dates with friends and family so that I can be in touch with people that care about me and so that I don’t become too isolated in my studio. After three plus years working alone in my home-studio it can too easily become a trap. I like working alone, listening to music or having a video playing as loud as I like, eating when I want, jumping onto the web when I want, hell, grabbing a 20 min. snooze if I want. I’m in no-body’s way, and nobody is in mine. That is a trap though and so I remain conscious of my need to have human contact outside of when my wife and daughter come home.
It’s also important to be in contact with other creative people. I do this through the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, association with creative friends local and distant, in person and via email. A studio is not a cage, but it can be a bit of a trap from which I do need to get out.
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