Morning Light

Despite the usual grayness of this city I call home, there is usually a beautiful streak of sunlight busting through our bathroom window. In playing around with my Lomography cameras and trying out ideas for a 365-Picture A Day album, I took a few shots of myself this morning. Please give me feed back, I'm an amateur photographer so far focusing on the Lomo way of photography which is very carefree. I am eager to learn more about photography and art. What makes a picture just a picture vs a picture as art? Is it all subjective and there for undefinable or is there a commonly known distinction?

Beyond looking for critiques of my photos I am interested in engaging in conversation about 'what is art?' in general, creative process and it's value to/connection with quality of life.

I want to meet other creatives who, like myself, are not formally trained but instead are just living a life that results in art creation. For me, coming from a very small town, I just thought that how I presented things and considered them was 'normal'. Only after living in a city for several years did I learn that I'm a bit, shall we say...side off from the status quo. I want to talk about living a creative life and being able to integrate that with the status quo enough that I can carve out a living without selling my soul.