I am finally on the mend after a week of illness. Sometimes life is really good at telling us to slow down, if we listen. With all this reflection time and digital purging I have been doing it got me thinking even more on what I want my web presence to be. I have been toying around with the idea for weeks to do away with my photography website. My thoughts on what needed to happen kept coming back to one word: simplify. I do not need to keep updating two websites. So this is where I will be from now on. I plan on continuing on the path I have been and also sharing some of my photography here as well. I really look forward to continuing on with a creative blog and a more diversified path. I know this is where I need to be in this moment.
My Dad also mentioned to me this weekend that I am behind on my Project 52. This is also something I am choosing to let go of right now. I already did a Project 365 a few years ago. I took a picture every single day for a year. I did not miss one day, though there are some I wish I did in looking back at the quality. Trying to restart another yearly project was something I thought I could handle a few months ago but it is becoming a chore already and not something that is helping me creatively. I want to genuinely WANT to shoot art, not to squeak out a sub-par photo just for the sake of getting something done that week. So I am tabling the project for now and I feel that is OK. I am not going to beat myself up about it or be disappointed. Instead I am going to continue on being creative and try not to over schedule myself so darn much!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
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Bravo Celina,
ReplyDeleteNow if I can only do that, I too will be on a much better path.
Love you and talk with you soon. Glad to hear you are feeling better.
Love
MOM
I hear you, Celina. My blog's on hold at the moment, too, after giving birth eight weeks ago. I just don't have anything to say, and don't want to write for the sake of it. But it's hard to walk away...
ReplyDeleteI take my hat off to you, you are listening to yourself and what your body and mind is capable of right now. You seem to be heading in such a positive place and I am very happy for you my friend! Thank you for being an inspiration to me as well!
ReplyDeleteGood for you, Celina! You are fabulous, even without 2 blogs and project 52. I'm hoping that cutting a few things out will give your creativity space to soar.
ReplyDeleteCan I borrow that last sentence?? I'm glad you'll be incorporating your photography here. I like 'em and don't want to miss 'em! Glad you are feeling better and have a plan! :-)
ReplyDeleteI"d like to borrow that last sentence too, please ;)
ReplyDeleteGot myself way over-extended this fall and it's just no fun. I think I need to do my own digital detox.
I applaud you for making the choice to step back from obligations that aren't making you happy anymore, and not beating yourself up about doing it!
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