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flaede

No gym. needed foooood!

Nov 30, 2005 14:22

I made an interesting observation recently when talking with my mother. We were talking about Christmas wishlists, and different ways of assessing what we want, and how 'dire a need' something is. I commented that an interesting way of looking at anything you're going to buy is whether (and how drastically) it will change my life. Note, there's no ( Read more... )

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A Digital Change quiltymom November 30 2005, 20:47:54 UTC

I have found in the short while I've been snapping more digital photos that when I go back and look at them they see the world differently sometimes than *I* did at the time.

Example: Took pictures of a room I thought was particurily messy and was annoying the heck out of me. Looked at the pictures after DL them and was able to laugh at them. Yes, the room was messy but not even half as bad as I thought it was.

Example: I love my parents cottage. Took pictures of a morning there and the waves washing on the beach. Looking at the pictures later gave me pause to realize that this place is truly magical. Sun on water...waves. Just seeing the pictures bring back how beautiful a place it is.

Re: A Digital Change flaede November 30 2005, 20:54:20 UTC

hey! thanks for the great examples. Now I have something to go on when I wonder how I might enjoy/use/react to having a digital camera (I always feel guilty of every shot of regular film. it's sad).

Example 1) Wow. That's a really neat effect, then. Sort of a "reality check"

Example 2) Capturing memories is the one thing that really draws me to the idea of a camera. I would never carry a film-camera everywhere with me, so I would miss things. But so many things strike me every day that I wish I could have some record of. Writing them down helps, but "a picture's worth a thousand words", or so they say ;)

I know pictures can't preserve a whole memory, but I think they are a better starting point than most of the usual pathetic descriptions I can scribble down at the time ;)

:D Swift replies are like unexpected holiday candy! flaede November 30 2005, 20:58:04 UTC

hehe. I was still editing the original post when your responce came. I hope you werent' subjected to the rough stream-of-consciousness blabberfest that was the original. aiee.

Re: :D Swift replies are like unexpected holiday candy! quiltymom November 30 2005, 21:04:10 UTC

Didn't look at the time of the post actually, I enjoyed thinking about what you were saying tho'. Glad to know that sometimes I'm "Johnny On the Spot".

jennemmer November 30 2005, 21:02:14 UTC

If you haven't checked out _particles_ yet do so. I've found my camera has made me look at the things around me more artistically and changed what I pay attention to. I've found myself seeing like an artist again, something I was actually taught in Highschool but stopped doing for lack of anyway to 'get it out ( ... )

flaede December 1 2005, 05:38:50 UTC

hadn't checked out _particles_. Nifty stuff there. thank you for the heads-up.

Pretty much everything we use/pay attention to changes how we think & act in some small way. Stories like your star-trek one, though. they're the good'ns. I have to admit, my computer being a source of music sure changed my life. But then, you already knew that ;)