Yesterday I went into the hospital with a rather bad stomach ache. It had lasted for more than 8 hours before I decided I should see a doctor. It turned out to be a good thing that I did. I had Gall stones. So last night the doctor performed surgery on me to remove my gall bladder. It was a success! Now I am home and about to go to sleep after my first day without my gall bladder.

Oh.... by the way.... I did two shoots on my two year anniversary of shooting nude art! Both shoots were fantastic. I'll post images in the next few days when I'm feeling a little better.

This coming Saturday will mark exactly two years since I started shooting nude art. I have a shoot scheduled, model confirmed and yet I'm not sure what I want to shoot exactly. I feel like it should be something to mark the day. Make it special. I want to commemorate the day that changed my life forever! I'm a softie... I know!

I've written about my own metamorphosis in general terms but nothing specific recently. There's a side of me that wants to start shooting in more of a erotic style. Making images that are a bit sexier, perhaps more about the moment and less about the contribution to human shape makes to the overall picture. Maybe this is what I need to do this weekend. But my other side says don't mess with what works! I like what I've done in the past two years. The style, the quality, the poses, shapes, lines, locations... etc. But I feel something in me has changed over the past few months and need a change. I feel a need to start getting more personal, more into the person in front of my lens.

I'm just thinking out loud here. I welcome any discussion you'd like to contribute.

J

I always find great joy in hand delivering art to someone! I wish I could do that more often!

I delivered the print to my friend for her birthday present and she loved it. I loved seeing the look on her face as she studied the image. I could tell she didn't want to stop looking at it! It truly made me happy to see the effect that the image had on her.

A big thanks to Sylvia for giving me the gift that is that image. And a big thank you to k for wanting it as a gift for your birthday. Happy birthday k!

About three weeks ago, I ordered a print of [link] from DA for a friends birthday present. When I got home last night I saw the tube sitting on the table and I got all giddy. I couldn't help myself I had to open it and see how the image looked printed at 20"x30". This is by far the largest I've ever seen one of my images. I have to say that I am very pleased with the quality of the paper DA uses and the print quality as well. I cant wait to present it to it's intended recipient.

Over the past few months I've been thinking a lot about the art I've been creating over the past two years. Especially since I feel I've grown as a person in ways that I didn't anticipate or could have forseen. Because my life is different I feel that the message I want to portray is different as well. Im not sure what all of this means just yet as I am coming to terms with all of it and coming to understand what it means.

I'm sure that it will all become clear very soon.