THE WEAKLY 041
The Weakly number forty one.
Welcome friends, foes and people with ugly toes.
Me oh my. The year is buzzing by, the world is going to shit more and more every single day and man is it hard to keep on track and up, but we are on it. Couple of ideas how I will be adjusting my presence on the web a little bit. I go into a tad in my Photo Post this week, that I am setting up a Patreon Page. Played with the idea for ages, had a creator account for a long time and never did it. Why? Well… I really shit the bed on that one. As with so many things, but you know what they say… better late than never. For now I am planning on going with my Model Shoots and publishing the full sets on there and only post a small selection on the blog. For nearly 20 years now I always posted everything on my Blog and/or places. like Flickr and IG and whatever, but as I am in this (to be totally honest quite difficult) transitionary phase of my life and professional endeavours. A lot to catch up on, a lot to re-structure and that is one of the steps. It will only work with building a community that actually is excited about what they. So if you have been following me for a long time and enjoyed my work and art I hope you understand that I need to change this part especially. I will for now especially keep it very reasonable and simple with only one Tier and as much I can offer. I will be a nice experience as I need to adjust and start making some additional content again, which I used to do for every shoot back in the day.
Which takes us to a different piece I want to work on and I did mention in last weeks Weakly, how it has become harder to feel inspired to shoot photos when I am just out and about, travelling or just around town. There probably are a couple reasons for it, but I want to go about it the easiest way I can imagine, by looking at it like working out for example. Make it a habit rather than waiting for inspiration. Throw yourself into working this and other places with your camera and go from boring to even avant-garde for all I care, because I have not only my Phone with me at all times with which I can take good photos, but I usually very often have a Camera with me.
Ok ok enough talking about this stuff, but I will keep you updated of course.
The Photo Post is a little mix of exactly those photos. Stuff I shot over the past month and never even edited or anything. That I thought would be a good start into all this.
Podcasts & Livestreams.
Youtube Random Selection:
In terms of TV Show and Movies we actually did not watch a thing. Nothing. Well this weeks Episode of the Great British Bake Off, but that was it. I spent most of my time in front of the computer this week and we were busy in the evening and all that so yeah. More Youtube, but nothing much else. And as we are planning a Trip to Bangkok later this year we actually spent all of yesterday evening/night watching a wonderful assortment of Youtube Videos about Bangkok.
We haven’t talked much about Music in the past month, but I need to talk about Ren quickly. I just found this fine gentleman and what a shame on the one hand that I just got to experience his work, but man am I happy I did. Ren does not make easy to digest Music, but man oh man has it hit a nerv with me. Just so beautiful, full of pain and heart and… you just gotta listen to it. Get into it. Let it get into you, through you and take you on his journey. You will learn a thing or two. Be open. I will add three Music Videos below and there is a ton more of course, but these got me started. Also I will add an Interview Justin Hawkins did with Ren. I feel it’s a fantastic intro into Ren. And if you knew of Ren before… well, you know what I am talking about.
Pottery Class will finally be back tomorrow, which I am very excited about, so nothing new there yet. I did not do much in terms of making either, but I did do some kind of meal prep. We started in Lockdown doing these I believe. Three staples for us mostly, Falafel (base), Butter Chicken and Chilli Con Carne (or not Carne but for example Beyond or Impossible Meat substitute). I did make the Falafel Base and the Butter Chicken this week. Plus a huge bunch of my Chilli Crunch Oli. It is a lot of work, but when you have it done you have a lot of stuff you can freeze away and enjoy for a long time. When you are in a pinch or want one of these specifically. The Chilli Oil is shelf-stable as it and can be even kept out of the fridge for month and month if not even a year or more.
I made 6,5KG Falafel, 5,5KG Butter Chicken and 5KG Chilli Oil. As I am writing this I realize that I actually did not take any picture when I was making the first two… but I also did make some Lemon Syrup. With a big batch of Amalfi Lemons and some others. about twenty of them and just sugar. Cut ‘em up, add sugar and let them sit for like three days… it’s great for drinks, baking, tee, even on ice cream or milkshakes.
Anywho, have a fantastic start into the next week.
Stay safe out there, be kind, to others, to yourself.
T.
Also here you can find my friends post of this week with whom?(!?!?) I entered into this weekly arrangement. It will be updated as they link their posts. Some are in German btw.
