Been pondering all day the significance of my experience yesterday while in the junkyard. Realizing in hindsight how much listening to music while doing creative stuff has been pivotal in the past. Certainly a way of isolating, bringing more of my inner awareness to bear on what I am seeing. During darkroom days it was a constant - walkman & headphones. Today background elevator music, not injected into my brain with phones/buds that shut out more of the outside world. Would not be possible of course if shooting a person or something that required interaction. recalling not only this method that worked so well for me, but also the music I was listening to at the time vs, what I listen to now - so different.
Also the realization today that I am getting a body of work together. Projects were always part of my method in the past. Would discover patterns of what I was shooting in reviewing contact sheets, then printing quick proof prints - hundreds and hundreds. Awareness of the patterns would sensitize me to look and see more that would fit into the patterns, and so projects were born - themes would emerge. Some would be long lasting, others would wither and fade away. Don't really care if any are emerging yet, too new - I will just allow the images to guide me, and see where they take me.
New workflow with Lightroom that will likely become a major factor.
feels like playtime - exciting - somewhat chaotic
another part of my ongoing self-reclamation project
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