The Petal

Posted on March 14, 2006 in Photos

This is part of a series I composed for a class assignment in 1991. I was severely afflicted by mixed state manias, which helped getting the assignment done on time but burned a hole through me that prevented me from completing a certificate in Photography from UC Extension.

When I showed this and other pieces from the series as a slideshow, the other class members hated it. Their work, I dare say, didn’t quite make it. Where they did classic family shots, I presented a series of abstractions — a view of life in the town where I was living at the time.

My head boiled and I believed that I was a failure. The instructor gave me an A nevertheless but it didn’t help. I became less and less confident in my photographic abilities. The disease eroded my self-esteem.

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