After sharing a few photos of the Matterhorn over Messenger, my friend asked ‘What’s it like in person? What do you feel?’
I replied,
I feel calm.
It just sits there, unmoving. Everything else moves around it. Light, clouds, people, seasons. But it just sits.
Read MoreIt’s well preached that limitations breed creativity - so when I bought a Fuji Instax earlier this year I knew it’d be a welcome change from the distraction of camera settings & pressure of perfection.
It’s not the best quality tool, but without the decision fatigue brought on by choice in lens, settings or editing, I could leave the focus where it should be - on the beauty in front of me.
Read MoreI love taking, editing and posting photos online, but often find an incongruence with how much thought goes into creating an image versus how little time is spent taking it in. With a turbulent digital space of shifting algorithms and trending styles, I wanted to create a tangible home for my photographs, something I really felt to have WORKED on. Zines, with their low cost of production, seemed the perfect place to start.
Read MoreHave you ever seen someone do something skillful or create something great and wish you could too?
I do all the time. Envy is one of the worst emotions - but if someone else is doing it, it means it's humanly possible. And if it's humanly possible, you can do it too.
This is for everyone who wants to start a creative project, make something that doesn't exist yet, or learn a new skill, but is unsure whether it's worth the bother. It doesn't matter if it's painting, photography, drawing, design, styling, poetry, animation, dancing, filmmaking, writing, coding - anything you feel an itch for is relevant and worth investigating.
The truth is that learning a new skill, trying something out of your comfort zone, and devoting time to a pursuit takes EFFORT. And when you start, you are going to SUCK. Good news is, it's the same for everyone. We aren't born as experts, besides at pooping and crying.
Read MoreAs a kid I always thought, 'how cool would it be to create for a living?' without any idea of how it was actually possible. But duh! There ARE millions of people out there creating the music we listen to, the stories we read, we information we digest, the spaces we inhabit, the photos we admire, the art that moves us, the films that entertain us, etc - and getting paid for their creativity and hard work!
So why not me?
Why not YOU?
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