Monday

This Moment

I have been writing in the mornings. I document the exact moment that my pencil scratches the paper (yes, a pencil. A Ticonderoga #2. Not a keyboard.) I write about what I see, where I am or how cold my feet are. I try not to think back to what has already happened or ahead to what might be. I don't get too deep. I don't try and figure things out. I just write. And then stuff comes.

It's harder to do this sometimes with photography. As a supposed professional in my field, the pressure is on to be brilliant. Or at least not terrible. Time and time again, the best work comes when I get in the mindset that I use for my writing...stay instinctual and try stuff. Some of it works. And some of it doesn't. But what matters is the shift that happens from the action.