Have you ever found yourself caught between two choices?

The photo sort of says it all - don't you think? 

Things can get twisted in those moments.  Should I or shouldn't I? Go or stay?  This one or that one? 

Indecision can be so painful, especially when it goes on for a long time.  I have definitely had my troubles with indecision.   

In exploring my inability to make decisions, I found out that it was my basic outlook that was getting in the way.  I simply put too much stock in the result of the decision.  Rather than focusing on the act of deciding, I hemmed and hawed over the potential results.  This naturally involved quite a bit of mind reading and fortune telling. 

Finally, after years of being hopelessly indecisive, I found out that you Just Decide.  Poof.

Before I came to this new-found ability, I had often thought there should be decision-making classes like 3-hour workshops, or maybe a weekend retreat, in which you practice being a decider. 

It could start each morning with a series of rapid decisions - put the pressure on to force the novice into the waters:  Banana or orange? Coffee or Tea?  Shirt or sweater? High heels or flats?  Then it could move into a mid-morning workshop - say Favorites:  Favorite color, movie, song, book.  Fast-paced, blurt it out kind of decision making...then maybe move into more important areas like large-goods purchasing or pet adoption...

Hey this is beginning to sound like LIFE. 

In fact, as I write this I am coming to the realization that life is one, long, decision-making workshop.  And now that I consider this further, I am beginning to get a little freaked out by the sheer volume of decisions one has to make every single day simply to get by...No wonder I felt inadequate.

WHAT ABOUT ARTSLANT?

So where was I and how does this relate to ArtSlant?  Oh Yes - the photo.  That's where this all started. 

I found these pictures in my file of photos from Art Basel 2007.  I didn't go this year and was feeling a little left out.    While looking through them I thought of how many interesting photos people must take as they are travelling on art-related matters.  People really can take some nice photos. 

I decided (in one of those rapid-paced moments of decision-making supremacy) that I wanted to have a summer showcase on ArtSlant of art adventure photos.

IT WILL BE CALLED ART ABROAD

I am starting it off with the above photos from Art Basel - they really aren't much, but I like them.  And, more than that, I like the concept of "abroad" because it is a non-distance - it could be right next door to someone who lives in Iceland.  One's starting point is the determinant.

So, that's the decision du jour.  We are looking for submissions for Art Abroad - send your choicest pics from your art travels.   And that means deciding which one to send...now that can get complicated.

- georgia