June 2002
Hi Bob et al,
Continuing from last month with the question "Why am I here and what am I doing?"...been here nearly 4 years now, & contrary to popular belief, not really nearly drowning in fine amber fluids (learning by drinking?) no, of course it´s an evolving process of "immersing myself in another culture" (ja...clichés!) - being exposed to what seems to be another way of seeing: not only referring to photography, or even art in general, but also the world and one´s place in it.
Here, questions and questioning oneself are essentially unavoidable (perhaps more so than at "home" - for me anyway), and no less so than when I first arrived. And no chance to express or attempt to answer them all on a postcard!...it´s endless, but it keeps me going.
So, all I can do is try to share some of this experience, activity, agony, and progress, with an often seemingly random image & a bit of text - ja, frequently obscured by, or peppered with, trite observations, repetition, self-deprecation...
But in doing so, I also expose myself, and right now this is (still) the place for me to do it in/from - or Beautiful Prague (see pic), but I´ve said that before too!
Still...going,
Dean