This was really helpful, thank you! And it’s great advice I think for anyone struggling to figure out their identity generally, what it is they’re trying to accomplish with their lives. Well said.
As a photojournalist who has spent decades between London, Venice, and Prague, I’ve found that the 'scattered' feeling often stems from trying to capture everything at once. My antidote is usually 'The Single Lens' rule. By forcing myself to see the world through just a 35mm for the day, the world simplifies, and the focus returns. It’s a practice of constraints rather than freedom. Thank you for articulating this,,it resonates deeply with the workshop environment too.
If the objects in our homes reflect anything about us, which I'm finding true for myself, the boxes of Tupperware (the real stuff) I've taken out of my cupboards and still sit in the hallway, waiting...for what?, say much about me. I feel really good about the reflection in this post you've shared. It has been a bit much, or rather I have felt a bit much in that this need to express and make in directions that can feel a bit all over the map AND my not taking this seriously has led to me not actually finishing anything. I went to see the Richard Avedon exhibition this week. The museum was busier than I'm used to and I felt a bit off for that. What happened was that I felt mad at myself. Frustrated. Often, when I'm in the zone and I need to take a photo (almost like a nervous tick) then I look at it or the series I've done, the urge is gone then they photos sit there and accumulated, just like the songs I write. I guess, often I wonder, what side of the camera am I really on? Am I the song or the child being sung to? If no one ever sees my "work" is it really anything at all?
This was really helpful, thank you! And it’s great advice I think for anyone struggling to figure out their identity generally, what it is they’re trying to accomplish with their lives. Well said.
Thank you Julien!
As a photojournalist who has spent decades between London, Venice, and Prague, I’ve found that the 'scattered' feeling often stems from trying to capture everything at once. My antidote is usually 'The Single Lens' rule. By forcing myself to see the world through just a 35mm for the day, the world simplifies, and the focus returns. It’s a practice of constraints rather than freedom. Thank you for articulating this,,it resonates deeply with the workshop environment too.
oh yesss this is why I am a fan of cameras without interchangeable lenses! Great point marco!
If the objects in our homes reflect anything about us, which I'm finding true for myself, the boxes of Tupperware (the real stuff) I've taken out of my cupboards and still sit in the hallway, waiting...for what?, say much about me. I feel really good about the reflection in this post you've shared. It has been a bit much, or rather I have felt a bit much in that this need to express and make in directions that can feel a bit all over the map AND my not taking this seriously has led to me not actually finishing anything. I went to see the Richard Avedon exhibition this week. The museum was busier than I'm used to and I felt a bit off for that. What happened was that I felt mad at myself. Frustrated. Often, when I'm in the zone and I need to take a photo (almost like a nervous tick) then I look at it or the series I've done, the urge is gone then they photos sit there and accumulated, just like the songs I write. I guess, often I wonder, what side of the camera am I really on? Am I the song or the child being sung to? If no one ever sees my "work" is it really anything at all?
Containers. I like that.
Thank you for sharing, Corrine! all relatable feelings!