I recently downloaded all the data from my original Flickr account. This photo stream was my first foray into online photo sharing and in fact, I came to it simply because to be able to post pictures on my blog, I had to have said pictures stored on the web somewhere. Anyway, I stayed on Flickr for so much more. So many of my current relationships formed there, as well as it influencing my own artistic evolution. But I don't need to two photo streams, now that there's the option to retrieve the data, storing it to use on my personal computer. Sure, if I'd had had better storage practices, I'd still have all those photos safely in my possession, but I didn't and I'm glad they were somewhere.
The past few days I've been reviewing all my work from this early account (fifteen years ago come November). I won't go into the absurd details about why I didn't just view them right online (there were a number of things that made that a hassle...to see ALL the work). I found pictures that I'd forgotten about and nice little surprises. It also made me long for a time when life felt so much more full of potential and inspiration. I've been thinking a lot about this and wondering how to regain that sense of delight and joy (and there are a number of reasons why I seem to lack those in my current situation). Sometimes I have to prime the pump, so here are a couple photos that might be reminiscent of what I shared (on a regular basis) oh so long ago. I have to say, I don't have anywhere near the light I used to work with, but the idea is the same..."here I am and this is my experience right now." Maybe it's weird...I don't know... (and yes...I probably could use a visit by Marie Kondo!)
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