Time Out
Like many I feel the pressure to create constantly. If I’m not doing it someone else will be, and that is not an option as it has to always be me or no one…. Terrible way of thinking, by the way.
However, recently I have taken some time away from the lens. Not really planning or creating with a purpose, more just out doing life and enjoying it. Sure, I still have my camera with me like a little security blanket, but with a nice big fidget lever attached to it.
A decent example of this was the Centre Parcs trip we took a week or so ago. Sadly, a medical emergency cut the trip short, but even before this, I could feel myself not really shooting how I used to. Maybe it was the colour film I had in or just being in a slightly off state of mind?
I found myself not really seeing the shots I wanted. Looking for light I never normally see, and well, being honest, I don’t think any of the work I really shot was quite good enough for anything. I’ll still post it here just to keep it as an archive, but due to this and money, I’m basically not creating as much throughout March and April.
These breaks are good for all of us as creatives, I think. That constant pace and strain on your precious overactive prefrontal cortex surely can’t be good. Mine was starting to squeal like a badly tuned fan belt in an old Transit van. Currently, I have one day left on a recent photo project I am working on, one wedding to shoot, but that’s not till next month. The rest of the time, I will be simply playing. Taking my camera out (whichever format I fancy) and just looking and button pressing. No real need to think, as it’s not really work I’m making, and I just need to keep that IV of creativity slowly leaking into my main artery. Can you tell I’ve been in hospitals a lot recently?
