Wednesday, July 1, 2009

HNT: The First Year... and another mirror

Yes - I have completed an unbroken year of blogging as An Artist Exposed.

Has it changed my life? In a simple word, yes!

I have found a welcoming and supportive community and some very special friends. You enrich my life. Thank you.

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I keep casting my mind back to a beach where I sat throwing pebbles into the sea and daydreaming about things that could not be; a wistful and not unpleasant melancholy.

Part of me always thinks of the little boy who stood staring out to sea while wondering why that could happen to the people he loved the most in the world and how he could ever look after himself, let alone them.

But I did.



*click* on the image for another one that I'm rather pleased with :-)


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So where do I go from here? Part of me thinks "Quit while you are ahead". Like many people, I run a significant risk by exposing myself like this. Another part thinks that life is for living and that I should continue - even being reckless once in a while. Right now, I'm too busy with life to ponder all this but I have learned something from the little boy I was - take it one day at a time.
I'm so glad that I can share this one with you :-)

24 comments:

Aurore said...

Your click through is gorgeous!

Very reflective post (pun intended!). Like you said, one day at a time.

autumn said...

i'm so glad you did as well. i love both pics, but that click is amazing. your exercise routine is working it's magic.

lol...i was also feeling grateful for bloggers as i prepared my post tonight.

happy HNT hansome man.

Ms. Inconspicuous said...

I shouldn't be surprised at your eye for composition, but the click-through photo is particularly striking. I adore it.

southerngirl said...

That little boy... bring him here to me, i will hold his hand and we shall stare out at the wondrous sea together.

theybelongtous said...

Such a fabulous click-thru!

peace...

B said...

that is a stunning click through. Fucking brilliant. My favourite. It should be printed life size, BIGGER than life-size, even. Not hidden in a click through...

I have the same shall / I shan't I routine going on in my head. I guess we stop when we're ready to stop?
There's something to be said for recklessness, life would be very dull without.


xxx

T said...

Great click through!
Wow.
I had to look twice.

Shhhhhhh

{{ d a n i m o }} said...

i'm thankful from all you're able to share, all you allow us to share with you. i hope this milestone is met with more blogging growth, as it's helped you so much thus far (and also as you're not too bad to look at ;D) rather than a reason to step back. either way, i've really enjoyed your company in the blogiverse -- and that's definitely to say i wish to see more of it! :)

xX...Amy...Xx said...

Wow, congratulations on a whole year! That click-thru is absolutely stunning!

Happy HNT!

xxxx

Samtagious! said...

Oh hun, both photos are wonderful and the click-thru is so romantic and just ... breathtaking! Really!

I hope you don't leave now--you're so interesting and well, at the risk of sounding shallow--you're beautiful to look at too, especially since I find the human form to be the ultimate art in that its perfect no matter how its made and no two are the same...

Thank you for sticking it out in blogland, sometimes it ca seem quiet and lots of folks get discouraged and just fade away--it takes someone really special to hang in there but the benefits are innumerable, truly...

Happy HNT and yes, wow, great post and photos, as always, always you do :-D

I feel truly blessed to have discovered you from Amorous Rocker's *stuff & people* collection ♥

Polt said...

I see why you like that click thru. :)

HAPPY HNT!

coquitten said...

The click-through is just... wow. I am speechless! Gorgeous.

I hope you continue blogging. =) But having been through that turmoil myself, I understand it isn't always possible.

Spin said...

Ahhh, I hope you stay around.
I love reading you.
Although you are right there are whose of us who are at risk. Me being one of them.

Barefoot Dreamer said...

that is not a pic that is a photograph. Well done - amazing mirror and the image in it. wow. i get what you are saying - it is all a journey. But, i wouldn't mind looking at you more

the eternal list said...

love that first pic, so stark, the pebbles, magical

hhnt

Vixen said...

That click thru is really fabulous. Might be your best yet.

Happy blogiversary :)

His BabyDoll said...

Amazingly well shot the composition and lighting are stunning!

HHNT

Sara said...

Oh I adore the click through!

Helga Hansen said...

I loved the man in the mirror... (sorry, thanks to the recent death of a well-known entertainer, I keep hearing these words sung on the radio).

Congratulations on your bloggiversary... here's to another year!

Lilly said...

Congrats on a year!! And yeah, the click thru IS amazing

Elle said...

LOVE the picture of the mirror.

And why quit? Living life to the fullest is what it's all about. Myself, when I get scared of being discovered, I figure, anyone who stumbles upon my blog was out there looking for kinky stuff, so... :D

vanimp said...

I am so glad you have taken this journey and I am sure it has done wonders for you too, you have nurtured a part of yourself and the artist within has thrived ;) Happy anniversary too x

Lapis Ruber said...

You have provided so much inspiration - so please keep going. That's a fabulous mirror picture. I know it's Friday so I hope Yesterday was a happy HNT.

Sidelines said...

Beautiful Click throu!!! Deffinatally something to be proud of!!! Thank you So much for sharing!! Happy Blogiversary!! And many more to come!