I don’t know what else to say except to mention that I wish my recent posts here were a bit more exciting.
I went on vacation last week and kept myself a little too busy. I didn’t take any time to relax until Day 7 of my time off. That’s a struggle I’m working through: always taking on too much work, not giving myself enough time for play.
By the Saturday of my vacation, I was exhausted. I went for a little hike in the woods, but didn’t think to take a photo for the blog. Later in the evening, I arrived at home and got to working on a new project of mine. I realized I needed to capture something for my post, and so I decided to show the behind-the-scenes of my process of working on this project.
As you can see, I’m still a bit old-school in my way of working. I have 4 old 80s&90s thesauruses, a nice little handmade notebook, a simple ballpoint pen, and film negatives. Who needs digital?
The project is taking photos on a particular camera (my Holga or sometimes a Polaroid SX70), writing haiku, and matching the poems and photographs together as a harmonious story. It’s quite an enjoyable process, but not too exciting.
Just another day in the busy life of Sarah.
GHP7+V2 North Kingstown, Rhode Island
(the location of my undocumented hike)