If I fail at something, it doesn’t mean I am a failure.
Did I lose something during the last few months? No, I did not have any spectacular loss recently. Did I have some spectacular failures in my lifetime? Of course, I had many of them, starting from elementary school, ending with my professional career and personal life. We all have to face losses. Failures are inevitable parts of the lives of all humans. Even if we admire the winners and often tend to think that some people were born to win, we should never forget that all people faced loss. Some people lose more frequently than others, but no one is a demigod without a loss. I believe in a process, not in winning as a final destination. I do not aim to become the most famous street photographer or blogger. Undoubtedly, I want to be one of the most productive artists who has ever stomped on this planet.
That’s why I reject fame and money.
I want to continue with all my activities with street photography at the forefront, which I’ve been doing since October 2015, slowly, gradually, and step by step. The same is with writing. I’ve been regularly writing in the English language since May 2017. Until today (I wrote this text on the 20th of August, 2025), I managed to publish 1961 texts, including more or less six thousand photos. For me, it is only the beginning of my creative journey. I have an additional 130 texts waiting to be published on my blog, and thousands of photos I’ve never seen after uploading them to the computer.
I hope I will be doing all these things until my death, and I do not expect anything for that.
For many people, for example, not earning money from artistic passion would be a failure. For me, all creative activities mentioned above are my way of living, and my desire to do them only increases throughout the years. If I stop doing them, for example, due to a lack of time, it will be my failure. On the other hand, if I continue to write and take street photography until my health allows me to do so, or only force majeure prevents me from doing so, that will be my most tremendous success. I do not consider commercializing my passion in terms of success or failure.
