Impressions

Dec 06, 2007 - 18:29 PM PST

It's tricky deciding what you'll put into your portfolio. What piece of art will truly define you? Will it define all of you? Or at least everything that you hoped to define?

If this is the first image and impression that you give someone, what will it be? You aren't meeting them in real life... you can't quite charm them with a witty comment or quick smile. Instead, this is what they see. Whatever you put here. Whatever you broadcast.

So, what will I broadcast today? Which channel will I put it through? And if I actually bother... who's going to see it anyway?

I feel like we cater our lives to whomever we think is watching us. Doing good deeds, eating our vegetables, even acting out -- in specific situations. We're punks with our punk friends, alcoholics with our boozers, philosophers with our artists and poets. And the true us is some insane combination therein.

But because no one here knows me yet... and may never know me... All I am right now is this blog post. Whatever you think or make of it.

And I guarantee that whatever that impression is, it's not even a tenth of a percent of who I actually am.