Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.
Leonardo Da Vinci
This is more than a little lame, but also traditional: it was one of the first things I ever put on my original homepage. I guess it gets to stay.
I've just updated the photo for the first time in eight years or so, but I'm not sure that I've done the right thing... Have I gone from ludicrous to egoist? Can posting a snaphot of me squinting into the sun even be seen as egotistical? It is better than most photos of me, but then 'better' is not the same as 'good', either... Why do I even worry about these things? Why don't I lift my fingers off the keyboard before going off on these internal monologues?