nantala

I have finally gotten around to setting up my new account here on DA, which means this one will now be abandoned. I selected a few representative shots from this account and moved them to the new one, and I also went through and devwatched all my old friends from this account. So here's to old friends, new friends, old photography and new photography. You will now find me under the user name "katsuninken." I hope I'll see you there.

This last batch of photos will be it for this DeviantArt account. As I am doing with all of my web presences, I am slowly migrating them all to a new identity. Because of the sheer volume of stuff I have here, this is the last account to go. And it will still be around for a little while, but definitely by the New Year, I will have moved on. Things change and lives re-written. Turn the page. On to Chapter II.

Nomenclature and the desire to assign all things labels and categories is a double-edged sword. While the sense of community and belonging derived from knowing one is a member of or identifies with X group or cause is a delightful and beneficial feeling, it also creates cliques and herd mentality. I have found myself standing in the grey area of everywhere, resembling the traits of a plethora of communities and groups yet belonging to or being accepted by none. I stand here a man alone in faith, a stranger among friends, and a useless Jack of All Trades. I find that I am often repelled from communities with which I desire association and push