I am currently heading into the last week of my third self-portraiture course with Vivienne McMaster (more on that later - watch this space!), and it has really transformed my life, the way I see myself and the way I appreciate my surroundings. It is such a rewarding process to turn the camera on your life and be able to really look at it with non-judgemental eyes. (Of course, it helps to have a fabulous community of co-conspirators who are also out taking photos to inspire you and leaving the loveliest comments on your Flickr photostream everyday, but I diverge...) I so love the gentle prompts that Vivienne sends into my mailbox everyday. She has such a soft and caring way with words. So even though I still have one week left, I am already missing the experience. It's like saying good-bye after 3 months of camp to complete strangers who became your closest confidantes through shared experiences and stories told sometimes in hushed tones with the lights off...
I am also inspired by 365 projects that encourage you to take a photo (or a 1 second of video a day) to remember your year with. Now before anyone goes and gets their expectations up too high, I just want to say that I am not good at keeping up with things every single day and that I really don't want to put that much pressure on myself, so I am not sure how often I will be able to do this, or how long I will be able to keep it up. But doesn't the idea of taking photos of the little everyday moments that make you happy - or even blissful - inspire you, too?
I might not be able to post all of the photos here as I am hoping that my family will feature in a lot of them, and I'm not sure that many of them will even be interesting to anyone but me... In fact, there will likely be a lot of repeats. (You know on those terribly down days, I may just end up taking a photo of the sun coming in the window, or my feet moving forward one step at a time...)
But I think it is a great idea to try it and see what comes up.
I really like the idea of focusing on my little everyday bliss.
Alison
#everydayblissproject
a whole box of party dresses from ModCloth - here comes summer!
hanging out the laundry on a beautiful, sunny spring day (and colourful laundry clips!)
and especially taking chocolate breaks (got lots of cleaning done yesterday!)
Alison, Vivienne's course was amazing... I'm currently going through withdrawal : ( You write very well - I'll be sure to check in with your blog. Best wishes! Rachel
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