Metaphorically speaking.

I am drowning in a sea of work. The stupid thing is that I know how to swim. I just don't.

I had a great image to illustrate this point, carrying on the symbolism theme but I just discovered that it is all rights reserved. Which I now know means I cannot use it. I am learning.

Moving on from wanky self indulgent attempts at poetics, I have finally come up with a concept for my production project. My lack of direction and motivation in this area is the reason for my silence on here so as the flood gates of inspiration have opened my blog posts will now flow forth in abundance. And there is that poorly constructed imagery again. I will refrain.

I have chosen option 2, which I suspect I am not alone in. The medium, like so many others, is photography. The exhibition will be a collection of holiday photographs - people enjoying famous destinations all over the world - juxtaposed with photographs of people dealing with negative issues in these regions. For example; a photograph of sunny, idyllic Naples, followed by a snap of the streets that are lined with thousands of bags of rotting garbage as a result of the waste crisis. It will be presented on flickr so that I can make use of geotagging. I'm going to try and do as many destinations as possible. The aim isn't to be depressing or negative but to highlight the notion that we all have our problems, and though some place might seem like paradise from an outsider's perspective, we should appreciate that everywhere has it's issues. I want the theme to be more about solidarity than anything else.

Don't judge me - work in progress and all that.

On a more exciting and interesting note MGMT have moved their Sydney concert to a larger venue. This means more tickets which means I can go which means I will no longer be depressed to the point of sobbing when I hear one of their songs because I missed out on tickets. Oh happy happy day.