Enough is enough

2 photo projects:

I need to select
12 images for a desk calendar to give as a Christmas gift
3 photos to frame for submission to a faculty/staff art show

I have several thousand images- probably 2000 from 2011 alone.

This shouldn't be hard.

But it is.

Let's see....

1. Scenic shots?  Pretty.  Yes, but too ordinary?  Everyone does those.
2. Portraits of glass?  More interesting to me, but does anyone else want to look at those?  Especially for a whole month if I use them for the desk calendar.
3. Flowers?   Oh my, have I got a lot of flower shots!   Does everyone else too?
4. Peace cranes?  Well these are cool, but again, is it just me who thinks so?
5. Architectural shots of buildings and windows?  Are these self-conscious, self-indulgent attempts to be an artiste? 
6. Crazy angles on ordinary things?  see # 5 above

A mixture of all of these?  What no theme?

Why do my photos seem so cool until I imagine someone else looking at them? Why do blog posts seem interesting until I imagine someone else reading them?
Are real artists and writers arrogant enough to  believe that their audience will be interested in what they produce or do they not care so much about audience?  Or are they bags of insecurity too?

Ok. Enough already.  Time to get back to those images.

-ICR