Sometimes I have to come back to an idea four or five times to generate something different and interesting, or I may go do something else for a day until I come up with a good design. And I find myself always struggling with the artistic part. Sometimes anything real inspired comes secondarily. My first priority is to get the information onto the page in an eye-pleasing way, easily organized and aesthetic – but I don’t think of it as particularly artistic. I’ve never thought of myself as an artistic-sort of person, despite being a person who designs webpages and photography. He’s been a long-time customer of mine, and though his paintings and drawing and sometimes photography is of a, er, specialized nature – he too is a true artist. I have another acquaintance who’s also an artist of sorts. Such a popular misconception that people who are technically-minded can’t be artistic. And the interesting thing is that he’s also a “computer person”. He can paint and draw, and even sculpt, and he also has a good eye for photography. My other friend (coincidentally both of them are Canadians, though one lives close-by while the other one still lives in Canada) is also a true artist. One is a photographer who has a great eye for framing a photo, and she also has a knack for catching a shot perfectly in a way pleasing to the eye. I have a couple of friends who are real artists. I’ve been taking photos for a long time, but taking pictures and taking great pictures are two different things. Like expanding your horizons.Īnd in these troubling times sometimes we need our horizons expanded, especially caught up in our ‘normal’ lives as they were. Not only to hang with, etc, but sometimes in other ways you may not expect.