A lot of my (our) personal work I usually won't show. I really shouldn't care whether or not it will be understood. But you notice that when you come back to it again and again, it's just as fresh as the first time it came out of the fix. And even now, with this digital media, the thrill is pretty much the same.
thanks for the comments. I have to fully agree with you there. earlier in my life, before really getting into more abstract and creative photography, studying it, and really looking into other photographers, a lot of these types of things didn't do it for me either. it's easy for people to overpass what i see as the most complex of photographs, not just representations, but outcomes of ideas, emotions, and sometimes just plain abstract views of the world around us. nice to find other people on the site who understand beyond sunsets, flowers, and studio portraits.
Photography on the outer fringes, just the way i like it. It's not always the most popular, not always understood. I guess you have to be wired a certain way to see it. Good stuff.