I reject instant gratification. That’s why posts on my website will appear even after my death.
I work on my website daily by writing new texts, doing street photography, preparing subsequent “Diaries'” editions, and scheduling posts. I won’t see the final results of my website because when the last post is published, I will already be gone. The truth is that I do not expect any gratification today (I wrote this text on the 10th of July, 2022) and in 2100, when I will be 115 years old. I do not ask what Warsaw could give me (e.g., organizing a photo exhibition in the Royal Lazienki Park). What I ask myself is what I can give to the capital of Poland.
Is that mean that you give something to Warsaw by photographing and publishing, e.g., rags’ pictures?
Undoubtedly, you could ask me, my Dear Friend. Yes, I want to go my way. I do not care what other people think of me and my works of art. By presenting mundane reality with rags, rubbish, street lamps, and dirt at the forefront, I want to show Warsaw’s guts. I want to display Warsaw without a mask. This mask we can find in, e.g., postcard images. They are beautiful – that’s all we can say about such pictures. Warsaw looks tremendously to them, but is there anything more we can tell about this city? I do not think so.
Like all the people who are prepared to take a picture and are photoshopped later, in the same way, postcard Warsaw seems beautiful but boring.
I do not expect to receive anything for taking such weird photographs. Instant gratification is not for me. I reject it. If I wanted to earn money on pictures, I would take dull postcard images of the capital of Poland. The truth is that I do not expect anything from my website except that I have a lifelong adventure with writing, doing street photography, and creating. By doing it, I will realize my soul.
