Plugging in the music - havin a great day at work

The visual and audio pleasures are the two most important things that keeps me going. Its amazing how both intertwine in my life. Its good to hear about how your internship is going there, and I know how you feel about the gain of knowledge. After three months of interning for me, there was so much personal gain of motivation and I very well believe that with the time spent at work I learnt how to manage myself better.I feeling like I'm rambling, but its just good to know that someone else has that same feeling. :) Cheers.

Some thoughts about good music generated vibes and my work at Magnum today... I left work at about 6:30 pm today. It was raining and I've been tired so I decided to exceptionally afford a 4 dollar ride home to Co-Op City with the Manahatten Express bus instead of riding on the train, changing it three times, waiting for the bus and get home an hour and forty minutes later. Beside the 4 dollars for the Express bus which is rather expensive it's a real pain to use it in the morning. I did that once and it took me like for hours because of the traffic. It's so pleasing using it in the evenings. It saves about forty minutes of commute, there is no changing of transportation, seats are padded, the back rests are high enough to comfortably lean back and it's quiet in there.

When sitting on the bus i plugged in my headphones (it was the first time to have music with me since I arrived in New York) and started to listen to Badmarsh & Shri to calm down a bit. Very nice mix of trip-hop, funk and big beat. Closed my eyes and started to chill. It realy got my in a relaxed and quite mood after a long day at work, missing my girlfriend and still being excited about New York City life all day long (24 hours of excitment is strenuously as well).
Somewhen while driving through the South Bronx I changed to listen to Gentleman, a Reggae artist I just love. That got me into wonderful happy vibes still being totaly relaxed. While listening to this damn good music of Gentleman I started to think about my work at Magnum Photos.

I must admit that I enjoy my work there so much. It's not only learning a lot about photography but it's also about the way I am treated there. The way people respect me and the work I do. I am in the privileged position to work within a department that does many interesting projects, exploring new ways of communication, having responsibility, working together with nice people who all share a passion for photography, being able to bring in my own ideas. I today realized how worthwile it is to get acceptance and recognition for your work. Feeling that you do a good job and your colleagues not only mention but also appreciate is means a lot. It contributes to a very good working atmosphere.

I am not earning any money as an intern but all the knowledge I gain and the way I am able to do my work means a lot as well! Probably more motivation than getting money and superficial encouragement only. So keep it rockin baby.

Posted by Martin Fuchs on May 25, 2005 11:53 PM