I Made You Look
Photo Albums by Taral Wayne
In the beginning, I had no intention of joining FaceBook. I mean; why? What Earthly purpose would it serve? But sometime last year I was talked into it by the people who run CUFF and the Canvention. I had been one of them at various times, unfortunately, and they wanted us to be able to discuss important matters conveniently. As it turned out, I don’t recall that there ever was even a single such discussion. So be it. I was on FaceBunk, regardless. Now I would be able to inform the world of all my utterly unimportant affairs, secure in the knowldege that almost certainly nobody would read about them.
“Today I washed my socks, and read that they may abolish the penny. I think I’ll have fish-sticks for dinner.”
I was unable to face a future filled with such ephemera. I decided I’d find a purpose for FoolBook, even if it was a largely specious one. And I did! I began to upload some of my recent art as a “photo” album called A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words. If I kept at it, I reasoned, people would eventually look at my art whether they were interested or not.
While I might have stopped there, I created another album. A Fan is Not an Island was a collection of photos of myself and people I call my friends (or at least associates). You Are WhereYou Eat is a collection of photos taken in my apartment – far more detailed than the handful of photos of my “virtual” apartment published in my Worldcon report. Planet Parkdale – an assortment of views of my neighborhood – followed soon after. Then the other albums… one by one. The most recent is What’s Pubbing. This final album is mainly to show the Photoshop work I’ve been doing of late.
What’s next? Depends on what I take photos of and whether inspiration strikes.
Meanwhile, I have finally gotten into the spirit of exhibitionism on FaceButt. Did you know that yesterday I shopped at Costco, and today I baked a cake?
And I was wrong. A handful of people do, in fact, seem to find my day to day affairs interesting enough to follow, and comment on. I even know who most of them are…
A Fan is Not an Island (789KB)
Planet Parkdale (904KB)
Real Life... The Next Best Thing (600KB)
Shooting Gallery (354KB)
Triumph of the Confederacy! (399KB)
What Do I Do With the Rest of My Life? (306KB)
What’s Pubbing (847KB)
Worth a Thousand Words (2.3MB)
You Are Where You Eat (457KB) |
