On Wednesday my mom gave me an article from the local newspaper. It was an article about a guy who was taking satellite images of the earth and creating Kaleidoscope images. Much like my work with the exception that I take my own photos. At first I was frustrated. How could someone get recognition for that but I can't seem to get anywhere. Don't get me wrong his images really are quite spectacular. Check them out at www.nickolasschiller.com And then I had this little thought, well if the paper knew about my work they would find it interesting too. And before I had time to doubt myself, I emailed the editor of the local paper and sent a link to my website, telling them I did the same thing as the article they just ran only my images are of local landmarks, and that I did the imagery myself and didn't let the computer do it as Mr. Schiller does. I sent it off and felt satisfied that I had said my peace. The very next day, I received a phone call - I wasn't home - bummer and the reporter for the paper left a voice mail that she loved my work and wanted to do a story on it! Well if that wasn't so exciting! WOW! I am so glad I listened to that inner intuition that told me to let them know. I am learning to listen to that intuition more and more, it knows better than I do sometimes! The reporter said she would call me in the next couple of days and let me know when it runs.
Isn't that exciting? I wonder what doors that will open. Where will this take my art career? Where will take my work career, for she asked me about that as well. So it may open professional doors as well. We shall see, I am a bit nervous about it, but it is a good nervous, a sort of excited nervous. I can't wait!
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Lisa,
Keep doing what you are passionate about and you will ultimately reap the rewards of your hard work! I am glad that you looked beyond your initial frustration and were empowered to take the next step to contact the reporter. I sincerely hope that your beautiful art gets more exposure through the article!
In regards to the process I use to make my maps, it's bit more complicated than simply letting the computer do all the work. The creation of each map takes hours and hours of work; from the imagery acquisition to preparing the imagery to rendering the map to post-processing the map for the web; most take in upwards of 10 hours each and the final products are tremendously large (10ft by 6ft). As a fellow artist, I imagine yours take just as long to achieve the perfection you desire ;-)
Respectfully,
Nikolas Schiller
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