The Only way to avoid repetition.

Life can be boring.

But art is not.

Lately its been my own source of escape. 

And it keeps me from going insane. 

Excuses

I make a lot of excuses.

I'm tired.
I have to work.
It's hard to stay motivated now that I'm not in school.
I forgot my tripod.

Why bother?

I wish I could say this is going to change, but it's not.

But I can't make the excuse that doing nothing leads to something.
Even the smallest thing is something.

"Nothing is a mistake there's no win and no fail. There's only make."

Portraits of People that may have existed.

New Sketchbooky things:

Backing Up

Lately I've been struggling with just picking up my camera and taking a picture of, well, anything. After spending the last few years working on long term projects I'm having a hard time taking a photo without  it being part of a larger whole, that is, just going on walk and shooting whatever I find interesting. I keep thinking 'why am I doing this' 'where would this fit in with my other project', or 'I should be working on some larger project'. And the stress of it has prevented me for doing anything. I used to take my camera to an event and shoot a hundred pictures in one shot. I didn't care if they were prefect or anything. I miss those days, and I feel like some of my favorite memories were of these random moments. The other day I took a walk in my backyard, and realized how much I miss just documenting my life, and the small moments I've forgotten about. My goal right now is to stop stressing and just enjoy.

Sketchbook Portraits

I've been looking at vintage photographs lately in my sketchbook and adding my own spin.

Doily Prints

I may have mentioned this but I love the idea of trying to reinvent objects with previous memories to them. i.e. my Monopoly ring series. Recently my mom handed me these old rubber doilies that my great-grandmother had under a glass tabletop knowing that I would find some use for them, which I of course did.

I call these 'prints' only because I have no other idea how to identify them. I created some of them much like one would when they make a relief print (painting on top of the doily and pressing down but some others I created in a much different way by filling in the in-between spaces with paint.  

It's still very much experimental. Although it is still the same doily how I apply the paint make each look completely different. Yet none of them are prefect, not all of the paint sticks to the paper, and sometimes it still dries too fast, so there are still kinks, but it's interesting how quickly it came to me.

Summer Photos

Some photos of the adventures from this summer.

Summer picnics:

Quiet moments:

Fourth of July bokeh:

Trips to the country:

My Great (2x) Uncle's Shed: