For the last two days I have been convinced to have lost a back up disc with all of my old works including original print layouts and manuscripts of my books. I tried not to panic and keep calm but the thought of having lost the work of almost ten years felt like an amputation. I was devastated.
Today we found two other back up drives in the basement … and they are fine. I went through all of my old jpgs, psds, ais, pdfs …. happy and relieved to see all of them save and sound on two unscathed hard discs. Since browsing through all your old works can feel a bit like walking down memory lane in a way, I could not help but feeling slightly sentimental looking at one or the other image. Like the one below which at the time was supposed to be the first image of a sequel for my graphic novel “Immy And the City - Depresso to go”.
I instantly felt like I was wearing those heavy black boots again, the skirt, the turtleneck jumper and the white coat. And a moment later I felt this outfit was not fitting anymore. I must have outgrown it. Which is probably a good thing considering that Immys story was slightly depressing, dark and hopeless.
So should there be a part II maybe she needs a complete make over. And more comfortable shoes that get her anywhere she wants. Even to a happy end.
