STILLBlog

Welcome all - friends, supporters with no real money or desire to hire me - you know, the ones who will pat me on the shoulder when it all comes crumbling down - detractors, attractors, protractors (Mr. Wilkinson, my 9th grade Algebra teacher, you know I'm talking to you!), the pony-uppers, the pony express, the upper class and the stiff upper lips. This is my site, and this is my blog.

The point here is that nothing is to be expected. There are tons of sites out there, I suppose, about photography and videography and what is that thing I do called? Oh yeah, creative expression. Most conform to an identifiable industry (or public) standard. But what is creative expression if the creator doesn't, you know, express? And by express I mean Express Creatively? (Like the italics back there? - they come with the program.)

I am an individual. I haven't office space right now because I can't afford it. At the rate of exponentially climbing prices these days, plus all the apocalyptic signs of a coming recession, how can you blame me? Oh, I know I can hock myself into the next millennium to Put on A Brave, Successful, StoreFront. But that's not me. It's not realistic. And it's not me because it's not realistic. I've a wife. A son. And loads and loads of talent. I've been doing these things for 22 years now. I'm good, awfully good. I just never had taken the time to try to develop a business and actually get paid for it before.

Don't get me wrong - plenty of people... former employees, mostly... took advantage of my talents to design, produce, create and distribute for them. When you work in law, teaching and family services, there's always a way to attach the creative eye to what needs expression. And I took advantage of my former employers to let me hone my craft.

The long story short is, You'd be hard-pressed to find someone as creative as I. You're sure to find people with top-of-the-line, crazily expensive equipment (mine is all professional, mind you) but ask: do they have the eye and vision I do?

Look, I've already jabbered on enough.  Just know this for now - I've a lot to say and even more manners in which to say it. Creative expression, right? Nothing is off limits here: Politics. Culture. Fun. Nothing is out-of-bounds. Read. Contribute. That's my hope - to get more people expressing themselves, just as long as its done intelligently, logically, and with dignity. Oh - and without profanity. This is a family site.

And one of these days soon I'll tell you exactly what profanity is. Doggone, that's a blog or two in itself. Until then,

Be well but never Be Still,

Mark