Photography
I think "bodysnarking" is disgusting.
I love photography for many reasons. It reminds me that beauty exists in the world. It safeguards memories and inspires thought.
Mostly, though, I do it because the action itself is theraputic. There's a moment when time stands still and the rest of the world, that delicately torturous routine of living - stops. Nothing exists but the energy in the soul of your subject. You'll never really be able to communicate all that was there, in that moment. But the exercise itself is a kind of meditation that teaches you to listen, follow your instincts, trust yourself. It helps you see the world, rather than just looking at it. You don't photograph to tell the subject what it is, you photograph to ask what it is, and to aide its expression through yourself. The point is to transcend reality without denying it.
so when I read about the abuse of photography for cheap and petty ego-boosting jabs, it makes me a little sick.
because I hate feeling like an object. And I'm infinitely sorry if I ever made you feel like one.
I love photography for many reasons. It reminds me that beauty exists in the world. It safeguards memories and inspires thought.
Mostly, though, I do it because the action itself is theraputic. There's a moment when time stands still and the rest of the world, that delicately torturous routine of living - stops. Nothing exists but the energy in the soul of your subject. You'll never really be able to communicate all that was there, in that moment. But the exercise itself is a kind of meditation that teaches you to listen, follow your instincts, trust yourself. It helps you see the world, rather than just looking at it. You don't photograph to tell the subject what it is, you photograph to ask what it is, and to aide its expression through yourself. The point is to transcend reality without denying it.
so when I read about the abuse of photography for cheap and petty ego-boosting jabs, it makes me a little sick.
because I hate feeling like an object. And I'm infinitely sorry if I ever made you feel like one.