After a week of contemplation and angst I decided to sign on with another agency. It was a really hard decision to make, but insha'allah, I made the right decision.
All in all, I think I need to change my attitude about work. Work, after all is just that- work.
About 7 years ago I was working as a photo assistant in NYC. I had a conversation with some other assistants who were all complaining that working for another photographer all day left them with no energy or desire to do their own work. I never worked enough as an assistant to have this complaint, but I noted the conversation as a warning.
Even people who love what they do have a change of attitude when they are doing it for work. Case in point- one of the creative directors at work was complaining about being at work yesterday. He was lamenting that it was Monday and how crappy it was that we were all stuck at work. This is a man who is an artist and gets to basically create art all day long. Why the complaining? I am guessing because what he loves to do is now work.
So I think what all this means to me is that I need to set some limits and not let my work absorb me. I need to push myself to do what I enjoy and stop letting work get in the way. Maybe I should do a photo series on the places I've worked...
2 comments:
Love your blog --- glad Petra let me know about it!! Here's a little "mom" advice -- money is nice, but work is just work. No one ever says on their deathbed "I wish I had spent more time at work!" Your photography, however, is ART. Leave work at work and make time to enjoy your art. You will never regret that!
Hey Amanda! I forgot all about your blog and have been asking your dad what is going on with you. All the time, if I hadn't forgotten about your blog I might have even know more about you at any present time than he does.
How about putting some of your art work on the blog? I would love to see some of it. Aunt Connie
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