Well well well... Here I am, again.

I sit here, and look at this page, realizing that it has been over a year since I last posted a journal. And my, what a difference a year makes...


So what has been going on? Hmm, that could be the tricky question indeed. In searching for the words, I can truly say that 2008 was not exactly good... it wasn't entirely bad... For me, it was a year of great prosperity pitted with tremendous grief. In short, it was turbulent.


It certainly will be a year that I remember later on in life. And though I sit here, still searching, I have found it exceedingly difficult to put into words the events that have shaped this particular period of time. Therefore, I will not speak of it, save a few who might ask me about it--elsewhere--and will instead continue on to the original point of this journal.


So here it is: I'm back... for one last journal. By that I mean: I am leaving deviantART. It has been a good time here, and I have met some wonderful people during my various 'adventures' on this site... which reminds me: make sure to swing by the page of =Gwenwhyfar. For over four years I have watched her, from her humble beginnings on dA, and through her steady evolution to a fine artist who can take a concept (often philosophical), put it into imagery, explaining it in one clear shot while simultaneously finding a way to shroud the entire thing in a cloud of mystery, and get you genuinely interested in learning more about whatever concept she is illustrating.

It's in this form I came to know her style as, and I can with complete confidence say: not once did she fail to satisfy. Praise for her art aside, she was also one of my very first (or maybe the first?) friends here on dA. For that reason, she's always held a place dear to me (well, when speaking of dA that is), so please make sure to go and show her and her many works some love. I've always been shocked to repeatedly find that I have more pageviews than she ever does!

_{(especially since she's my dA senior by three days, ehehe...)}



And while I do still greatly enjoy her work, as well as the work of many other artists that are on here, for various reasons I feel that it's my time to go. Significant? Nope. My activity on dA slacked sharply after the first quarter of '08, and I've been essentially entirely absent since last summer, and I see no change in the near future. So, as long overdue as it is, I bid you all farewell.


Adios. Adieu. Auf wiedersehen. Goodbye.


And though I'm not here, anyone that wishes to remain in contact is welcome to either befriend me on my facebook or follow me on my flickr, to which I occasionally still submit photos, mostly of places in and around Washington, D.C.

I would enjoy continuing these relationships beyond dA and, as always, love to share images of the things I love.


tschüß