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it’s been a strange week and i’m not sure what i think about things anymore. haha, that’s a loaded statement, huh? there are some things that have happened that are making me think differently though. the Cemetery Girl project may be over. it could be. it doesn’t have to be, but if i wanted it to be, now would be an opportune time to end it. i don’t really want it to be over because i really do love it so much. but i need to make some changes as to how it operates. and i don’t think i need to bother you with the details. i’ve pretty much figured it out on my own already. quite often, i’m good at this. figuring things out on my own. if you do want to know what happened and what i’m going to change, you could ask me. i’ll tell you. it was just weird and unexpected. drama. but i think it will make me a better photographer and a better businessman as a result. and who knows. maybe the project is over. we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. i don’t want to talk about it right now. ...

Cemetery Girls | By Daryl "Darko" Barnett | Blurb The People's Choice Award voting has begun at Blurb for this years Photography Book Now contest. You can only vote one time, for one book. I hope you'll vote for mine. You only have until August 20. Thanks!

let me speak in more base terms about the understandings i have of my own struggles right now. November is nearing. November is when Nanowrimo occurs. National Novel Writing Month. the one period of time during the year when i’ve been able to become extremely focused with my desire to write, and achieve a goal. it really is a magnificent period of global focus; amateur, first time, and wannabe writers all over the world sit down together for 30 days and grind out 50,000 word novels together. the excitement that people generate in their own little lives during this time is magnetic and kinetic; you can feel it and tap into it and become supercharged by it. well, look at me! November 1st is 96 days away and already i’m getting all agog about it! just this week i’ve started to go through a reassessment about it is i will do next in my creative life. i’ve finished two volumes of photo books in the Cemetery Girls series and wonder if i should call it quits now. i’m not really tired of the ...

that’s what it’s all about, for the majority of us, isn’t it? we either live lives that glorify our selves or that glorify something we consider to be -=god=-. we either want to be praised, or we praise. well, and there are some of us that just want to fade away into obscurity, although i think we all do all three of things all the time anyway. the triune spirit, the past/present/future, me/myself/i… but if you are going to live a life dedicated to the service of god, make it clear that that is what you are doing. separate yourself from the milieu and don sackcloth. become a student of St. Francis or of Mother Theresa and serve others. i’m too selfish to do this. hell, i won’t even volunteer to serve meals at Thanksgiving. or take a minimum wage job that would force me to reanalyze my priorities on a moment to moment basis. why are we (am i) so obsessed with self pleasure? why do we have to be happy? is it an american thing? because there are a hell of a lot of people of this planet th...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ys_tlR2DB8 there are 4 videos of me telling this story, each one a little bit different but this is the only one i could get to upload. (because the others were too long, i talk to much when i'm by myself, sigh)