I don't want people to see an image of me. I'm getting divorced and struggling with redefinition. I haven't changed my status from "married" on facebook, but I did take down a picture of my face and replaced it with this one. This is a photo of a window installation I did this summer in the place I was living. The printed text on the cards reads: TIME GOES FASTER and THE TRUTH CHANGES. Two different men said these phrases to me this summer, in the building where the window installation was hung.

The picture was taken from my computer of me in my brand new studio space. I haven't been in school in a year and the look on my face is a mixture of nervousness and excitement. Not only have a left a warm tight knit community, but a great job. This is truly the beginning of a new life in a strange place.

I use this profile pic on all my social networking accounts and have for about a year. It's from an odd stretch of time in my life. It says: I live in a German family's attic and take care of their children while they are at work. Here are the worldly possessions I've collected in my time here. I am learning Photoshop in my copious spare time. It's lonely and weird in this village, but not totally uninteresting. I'm just rolling through, though. I'm curious about this village and its customs, but I've constructed a forcefield of library books, office supplies in recycled baby food jars, spray deodorant, and flatbread. If things get ugly out there, I could just hole up in this attic indefinitely and photoshop the world the way I want it. My Real Life is somewhere else (temporarily only accessible via the Internet?).

I guess none of that applies anymore. The nannying stint is long over, and I'm on to new and very different things. I just haven't had the time or inclination to find or make an avatar to reflect that fact. I'm probably giving off an outdated impression all over the web for all those long-lost friends from elementary school to see. Maybe it's time for an update. Thanks, My Life is Pictures!