 |
| Yuki... |
Strange, I re-opened the blog because of one of my readers, Yulia, who wrote an email to me.
Strange to not have written for such a long time. Much has happened, too much to tell it here. I don't take photographs anymore, I completely stopped. I went to several countries and even took my camera with me, but I didn't use it. My talent seemed inadequate, so I stopped. Like many other things in my life. I come to a point where I feel I'm not talented enough and I stop doing it. I know how to take "good" or "OK" pictures but I don't have the talent to take great pictures. This is frustrating...
Instead I have been focussing on Japanese. In fact, I learned 2200 Kanji (Sino-Japanese Characters) during the time I was away from my blog, which required a lot of effort. I studied between 3 and 7 hours a day, almost with no exception. Not much time left for photography. Japanese is slowly coming back, but it is really hard.
I was very sick with pneumonia after I returned from Georgia (Caucasus). That took a lot of strength and it took almost 2 months for me to fully recover. Glad this is over.
I feel melancholic today. The year is almost over, it feels kind of good to write. I think of my friends, the ones I still have and the ones that have passed away.
Yesterday Pinti wrote to me, strangely, she's only 30 minutes away from where I live and we'll meet up tomorrow or some other day. She's in Europe filming and wants to do some songs with me. Her mail was a surprise.
Right now I listen to some music and I feel sad. Don't know why. Maybe it's the music, Tchaikovsky.
Maybe I'll write some more later. Today's picture is Yuki, of course. I have been shooting his daily picture for the timelapse film, I didn't stop that. He's adorable and now speaks French and German, not much, but a bit. He speaks French with me and German with Sabina, he makes a clear distinction, which I find amazing. I think he's pretty smart and his humor is second to none. We share many laughs together.