I am.....emotional. It's hard for me to hide my feelings, and most of the time that's a great thing. I've started creating my own photographs in my own space and time lately, and I'm starting to see my own emotions really creep into them. Take this piece, for instance:
I like to call it "The Wizard of Oz". I created it near the end of my summer in Kansas, knowing that my time was coming to an end, feeling all the pictures I had taken over the past few months swirl around in my head, wondering what adventures would be coming next. The shed, the toads, the architectural stars and smoke bomb in the air - they were all main images floating in my mind all summer. To put them all together took a lot of my time and energy, along with a huge weight off of my chest. After making this, I was not as afraid of what I had missed this summer, and a little less anxious about my future to come.
And now, here I am, on the east coast, trying to figure out what it's going to bring me. My emotions have been those of which I wish I was better at hiding lately, and I decided I should try to create something new to help me breathe:
And this image is the best way I can describe feeling right now. Lots of turmoil inside, but trying to keep it all in. The longer you stare at the ocean, the more you realize you could never, Ever control or contain it. It is its own beautiful beast. I know, over time, these rocks will be eroded away, and the ocean waters will be free to take over again. It's not a bad thing - but at this point in time, it's better to observe my emotions from the outside, rather than be engulfed in them. In due time, these waters will be free again, and a powerfully wonderful force to see.
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