I'm Martin

"Professional" is opposite to "amateur". Professionals do it because it's their job. Amateurs do it because they love it. Professionals could not be professional if they were personally attached. That would be completely unprofessional. Amateurs, however, are always personal. Because love is personal. It wouldn't be love if it was professional.

Most people spend their lives striving to be as professional as possible. They were suits and uniforms and they turn themselves into robots. It seems like a good thing. I say it's a tragedy.

I travel to participate, not to consume. I want to see a thing, experience the thing, and remember the thing. Not to buy, pose and take photos. I want to learn, understand, to make a change, to be changed. I want t be completely unprofessional.

Fuck the Eiffel Tower and fuck the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Fuck the statue of Juliet in Verona together with the billion selfies taken at that piece of shit tourist nonsense. Fuck the pyramids in Giza and congratulations to the clever locals who make money by taking countless photos of tourists trying to push the pyramid. It was funny the first million times, now it's just sad. Tourist is the pinnacle of consumerism. Tourist is the lowest form of life. They are practically robots. They deserve everything that comes to them.

I'm curious. I'm looking for life. I'm scared, shy and not attractive. It is difficult for me. Good. It should be. I am alive and I will be dead soon, so I'll take my chances. Screw my fear, my shyness and my looks. I go because I have only one chance to go. And so do you.

So go. Be completely unprofessional, too. Or you're dead already.