Projects
Moments of Calm
Remember the 100 Day Project that I participated in last year? There were a few circumstances that drove me to pause my participation (including Ginger falling ill), and I never started it back up.
I salvaged what videos I saved locally and added them to a “Moments of Calm” YouTube playlist:
It’s kinda nice to revisit these and have them stored in a focused place. I hope to add more to this playlist in the future, in the 100 Day Project and beyond.
Five Ten Fiftyfold
The 100 Day Project Day 2: “Five Ten Fiftyfold”. I’ve often found moments of calm when I listen to Cocteau Twins. Their music saw me through some challenging times in the mid to late 90’s.
The 100 Day Project
As I’ve been struggling a bit lately with a few things: Figuring out what to blog about, finding time for myself to think, finding time for myself to not think (e.g., meditate), and having a consistent creative outlet.
This prompted an idea to participate in The 100 Day Project, which is described as “A free, global art project that anyone can participate in”. Participants are encouraged to post daily within a theme of their choosing.
I’ve chosen #100daysofcalm as my project, in which I will post short videos of a calm moment in my day. I really like the idea of taking a moment every day to focus and contemplate, and I hope this project helps this to become new habit.
I’ve kicked off the project today with my evening moment of calm.
The Night was Broughten
Last night was 7x7 Magazine’s Bring on the Night silent auction benefit for SF Camerawork, where they auctioned off the top 25 photographs in their recent contest.
Bring on the Night
I’m pleased to announce that the above photo that I shot (at Club Deluxe last December) has been selected as a top ten finalist in 7x7 Magazine’s Bring on the Night Photography contest!
Prints of the top 25 photos are being auctioned off to benefit SF Camerawork, a “non-profit organization encouraging emerging and mid-career artists to explore new directions in photography and related media by fostering creative forms of expression that push existing boundaries”.
Congrats also go to Derek, who I noticed was also on the list of top ten photos for this contest as well!
I’m excited that my photography is slowly making its way into the public eye. I’m even more proud that I’ve been forgiving enough to myself and to my artwork that I feel comfortable in submitting my photography to these kinds of things. Self-criticism is a hard to thing to overcome.