Let's try this again... I figured my return to this site would be anti-climactic but I didn't realize just how much. I had truly hoped focusing on this site would jolt my creativity and while that wasn't the case I realized what one of the main contributing factors to my block was.. Since quarantine began and I'd done basically nothing but work, I had not traveled or really had a reason to take pictures. Being that I like to mix film in to my work, I had no content to work with. Nothing to see, nothing to get inspired by. Make sense?
This problem presented itself and unknowingly to me, I found two placeholder solutions: 1- self portraits and 2- tiktok. It's like this: I had nothing to take pictures of but myself, so I did! And when I got bored, I created digital collages. I have shared a few on social media and have grown pretty fond of them! That plus the makeup looks I was experimenting with essentially pushed me to become my canvas. As for Tiktok.. I found that a lot of the content creators I gravitated to on that app were ordinary people romatizing the fuck out of their lives. I absolutely love seeing the world through other people's eyes and deeply appreciate the ability to find beauty in the mundane. It was also extremely comforting to know that so many people were feeling what I was feeling. Eager but with nowhere to go and nothing to see except what is immediately around them. I will say though..that as mid 20-something year old, I did not always feel comfortable sharing my content on Tiktok and it wasn't until recently that I started publishing my ever growing drafts. Nonetheless, it has been a really good outlet for me.
All that being said, I don't know when inspiration will strike again but I guess I'm not holding my breath. This is a hobby for me after all and I'm realizing the more pressure I assign to it, the less I want to do it. So from now on the motto is no content no problem.
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