I need to figure out why I'm doing this blog. Will it be a work of art, a continuing visual documentation of...something? Or is it just a hobby, something fun to pass the time?
I guess there is no reason it can't be both.
Todd tries to get me to think like an artist--something I am having more trouble doing than I would like to admit. I thought that as an avid reader and writer, and someone who has spent countless hours analyzing literature, I would have no trouble harnessing my "artsy" side. However, something I lack in my photography is a purpose and a story. Ironic.
I do want this project, blog, "assignment," whatever it is, to mean something. I want it to document some aspect of life at the moment, because it would be fascinating to look back over a few months (or who knows, maybe a few years) worth of pictures and see a story.
I don't think I will have any trouble figuring out what the story behind the project as a whole is, but I think I will have trouble finding a story in every picture. Todd suggested I write something about every picture I take, so maybe that will help me start thinking about the story behind the lens.
I'm not going to say I'll take a picture every day, because I know that won't ultimately happen, but I do want to take them as often as possible, so that I really will end up with a documentation of...
What?
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