Sometimes you look at the work of a favourite photographer and feel nothing for the work, almost a kind of repulsion. Same with music, there are times when the bands you love are unbearable to listen to. Maybe it's over familiarity or else being human means that one's response is not totally consistent. It's a bit alarming the first time you experience those sudden disconnected feelings, as if you made a mistake and all along the work you admired was in fact meaningless. A little while later you can be blown away by it again and appreciative of what they have done. It's even possible to go off chocolate. For a day or two. Well an hour or two. Last Saturday the wheels came off my motivation for taking photos - this year has been one of pretty consistent productivity for me, so I've been busy and the perseverence has been high. As Englebert Humperdinck once said about achieving success in anything, it takes 'perseverence, perseverence, perseverence'.