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"I'm number one"
(really, that is what this jesture means)

I thought of this picture a few days before my divorce.
You can probably guess the message behind it.
It is funny that it has only been 3 days since the divorce,
and I feel like a completely different person.
I thought I would be posting this out of anger.
However, the message has changed since this idea started.
Oh, the pictures are still the same, but the meaning is new.
What this actually is now is a badge for me.
I used this in the days leading up to the divorce
just to give myself something else to think about.
It was really just a distraction.
Going up to people and asking them to do this was educational.
My favorite was the woman outside Bertucci's a couple hours after court.
It was just so natural to go up to her and ask her to do this.
She had no problem with it.

So here it is in all it's glory.
It took me a while to get around to it.
That was just because I feel so different now.
I am leaving this all behind.
Day by day it falls further into my past.
The pain, the anger, the rejection,
all of them fade and I am left with me.

I am now looking forward to see what life has to offer me.
I am right on track to get past this.
Taking some time off and smelling some fine wine.
So far, so good.

Soon I will get back to real photography.
I had been thinking of doing a wrapup of the last 7 months.
Use some other photo from some of the shots I did and add reflection of commentary.
I may still do that with a couple of them, but for the most part,
I would rather look ahead and make pictures of new things.
And that is what I will be doing.
Howdy world, I'm back!

Dave