I’m really going to make an effort not to neglect this blog. Since I’ve purged it I’ve found myself kind of ignoring it. I guess I just haven’t had a lot to say lately. I’d claim that I have been short on time but that’s not entirely accurate. I have, however, been feeling like my life is consumed by the online world and that I should step back somewhat. The online world has been a better part of my world for the last 9 years or so. Not that I don’t have a life offline, I certainly do and I always have. But anyone that knows me knows what I’m referring to. In the last year or so that online world that I exist in has caused me immeasurable stress. Stress at a time in my life when I was experiencing a lot of stress from other areas as it was. Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to unplug completely. Liberating no doubt. But at the same time, I love this world and many of the people in it, some of them good friends both online and off. I think as liberated as I’d feel for a day or two, maybe even a week, eventually I would simply be lonely and come looking for my little online world again.

And with that, I will say good-night dear world of blog. We’ll meet again, soon.

I wanted to post this link here, partly so I won’t forget it and partly to share. I only wish I could get a copy of the full documentary rather than watching it in parts. It reminds me a little of the photography project I did in Power of Images. This was in my FB feed, posted by an acquaintance and I’m glad he did, otherwise I might never have gotten to see it.

http://www.whatsthejackanory.com/2009/01/rankins-magnificent-seven/

I mentioned in the comments of the previous entry, but I’ve already decided to stop doing Project 365. My reasons are two-fold. First, I realized that my teaching internship will be starting soon and at that point, I will have very little time to snap off a photo every day. This lead into the second part, because due to the limited time, I do not want to end up with a bunch of photos of my ceiling fan or the sidewalk. I felt like I would be forcing it and I don’t see the point in that. I use my camera on a regular basis so I don’t need an excuse. There is no art in forcing myself to snap something, anything, every day. Had I thought about it beforehand and come up with a project, that would be different. For example, I think it would be incredibly cool to take a self portrait every day for a year. Especially if you set it up so that you were in the same spot, same focal length, etc, each time. Then at the end you could put the photos together in an animation. Quite awhile ago, I read a story about a man who took a Polaroid picture every day, from March 31, 1979 until October 25, 1997, when he died. It was quite incredible to look through these photos and I think he created a really wonderful, interesting project that examines human life. Maybe he had no intentions toward anything when he started but by his death he had created something wonderful. In any case, I call it quits for me. The photos won’t stop but I won’t force myself either.

On that note, I am working on getting my photography site up and running. I’m using a temporary layout as I don’t have the time or skill to design something better: myfriendshatepictures.com

I have decided to try my hand at Project 365. The goal is to take 1 photo every day for the entire year. I decided this today but luckily I had photos from the 1st and 2nd. I’ll make an attempt at getting better photos after today.

Or not… I seem to be having technical difficulties with my blog. I can’t get photos to load properly at all. Go figure.