Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I perceive and relate to the world through where I grew up; that's part of me. It's what I judge everything else against.
People have always made assumptions about me. I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.
You can't rely on your own perception when it comes to anything. You can always be proved wrong.
I think when you're put into a completely different situation and environment, you really see who you are. You're not affected by what's around you. You are who you are.
For me, the world that I inhabit in reality is probably a very different world than the one people expect that I would be in.
A lot of my world-view is formed by the places I've been.
In Europe, I am an outsider. I don't really understand anything that I am seeing. I can be welcomed into people's homes, I can be met with suspicion, I can be taken somewhere else altogether. There is always wonderment there for me, even if the person I am photographing may not see it or be aware of it.
I live my life in a very peculiar way where nothing gets my goat as such. I don't look at things in a manner where they offend me. I look at things in a manner where they amuse me.
Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
What you believe about who you are, where you came from, affects your whole worldview.