It’s been a long time coming. I guess I took a break from everything.
Every time I kept coming back I felt worse because I didn’t have anything new to post. No new work in almost two months. Of course I always have a few unscanned images here and there and a few rolls unprocessed but what good is that?
I fell into a routine. Or maybe dove into it head first.
.soap, lather, rinse, repeat.
Routine. When you fall into a routine, you become dull. Completely uninspired. I guess for me it comes in waves. When I started posting here I was on the crest. Right now I’m just coming out of the trough. Routines kill creativity and without creativity what’s the point? When I started my job I created a routine. Perhaps as a coping mechanism to everything new in my life. You have to get adjusted somehow. Well I’m plenty adjusted and I’m trying to move forward.
For years I thought I didn’t have an imagination. I was wrong. I had an imagination, I just didn’t have the right tool to express it. Hell, I don’t think I have yet. I love photography, don’t get me wrong, but I want to think beyond it. I suppose that’s what I’ve always been interested in writing, films, poetry, design, and fine arts….marketing..business.
I really just wasn’t inspired by anything for the past two months. Everything blends together. But I’ve been feeling differently lately.
I did take on a small side project. It’s a completely non-verbal conversation between myself and Ben Liddle. It’s called Now With Flavor. Very simple…but interesting in the direction that it goes. Sometimes the response is obvious…a color…central focus…shapes…but other times its more complex…a theme or emotion invoked. What I find best is that I’m positive that we’re reading the conversation differently. I’m really enjoying it because it keeps me looking at images. I have tons of inspiration and photo blogs bookmarked and in my RSS feeder. To be honest..too many. It’s really overwhelming sometimes. Infact it stresses me the hell out so I haven’t looked at it in a while. But this keeps me looking for specific things. Originally I was going to have it as just a place where I posted images that i found interesting but I find this much more engaging.
Anyway, I get distracted. I hope everyone is doing well. I figure there’s gonna be a buffer period where people aren’t settled enough to post work. It happens. Just don’t stop looking at new things.
and in that spirit, here’s someone who’s work I really admire. I love how dramatic it all is. Each image is like a painting.
Jeff Bark
So anyway, good bye for now.
