i’m drowning. the beginning of the semester (like all beginnings of all semesters) went quite nicely. i had plenty of time to set up shoots and never worried about where my next model would come from. i worked 40 hours a week with my second job and didn’t have a care.
the end of the semester (like all ends of all semesters) is a different story. i’m drowning. i have too many papers and too many projects due in too little of time. i’m going to have to start paying people to model even though i dont have time to work at my second job, therefore i have no money to offer. my priorities need to be shifted. dramatically.
otherwise, my work is going along at a steady pace. each time i set up a shoot i get more excited about my concept. however, i’m afraid that i’m not making my concept clear. i have work on the photography exchange here on wordpress, and without my explanation, people aren’t understanding my images.
one person critiqued and said that if i wanted to acknowledge Virginia Woolf, i should have stones in my image. there are stones…they’re sitting on the toilet seat and she’s even placing one large stone in her pocket.
my problem is in showing homage to how they committed suicide without making that the point of the image. i want to focus on the feeling – that fleeting last moment of one’s life. i fear i may be failing.
October 31, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I don’t think you are drowning. What if you interviewed some random people like non-art majors and get their ideas about death and how they would picture a particular artist dying? Or create your verison of how you’d picture them dying and then the real way that they died beside your verison. If you have some far-out ideas, it might be really interesting. Anyhow, you have a great idea just need to experiment more. 🙂
October 31, 2008 at 6:19 pm
*version
November 5, 2008 at 5:57 pm
i feel like i am drowning in my insane list of things to do. eh. we’ll make it.