(18/365)
So far, I’ve been trying not to shoot too many photographs so as to avoid having to choose one that gets the “official shot of the day” title; but I couldn’t avoid it for today’s post. Between a photograph with more meaning and a photograph with more visual appeal, I chose the one with more meaning.
The sticker appeared on that pole in the last week or two. I was struck by its economy of message–a black-and-white print of a nondescript, if somewhat creepy, face paired with a simple statement that people who encounter it are free to interpret as they wish. (Geez, doesn’t that sound like I’m reading too much into it.) There’s little question that I wouldn’t have paid it much attention were it not for my own struggles with goals: not so much that I lack them, but rather that I’m hard-pressed to make any progress towards achieving them. The situation is such that there is but one logical path I can follow–only one choice to make–and it may or may not lead where I want. The reasons for this could occupy their own blog entry, but I will, in the interests of time and discretion, leave them unwritten.
One foot in front of the other, I suppose.
an explanation may or may not be forthcoming.
(10/365)
It’s difficult to provide an executive summary of why I’m doing this 365 project. An adequate answer to a question like “why are you bringing your camera to lunch?,” requires more than just a few words and, at least in this case, isn’t unlike providing an honest answer when someone asks you how you’re doing: depending on the situation, he or she probably isn’t looking to hear your life’s story.
I guess that the need to even explain myself feels foreign. At least as of late, I’ve been so used to having my camera everywhere I go–and having it just being understood why I have it–that it seemed that everyone I know either a) knows specifically of this undertaking or b) knows, generally, that photography is serious to me. In retrospect, that probably only holds true for a subset of my friends, so I shouldn’t hold it against anyone if I’m asked why I have a camera with me.
Nonetheless, I reserve the right to be less than forthcoming if it feels like it’s just going to be an exercise in justification.