or if you don’t live in a neighborhood, just take pics close to wherever you live.
Get different angles, look at the things around you in a new light, see your place like it’s the first time.
What excites you? What do you notice that you hadn’t seen before? Take time with the mundane and allow it to surprise and inspire you.
My dad always tells me to take a lot of photos of things that may seem mundane to me today -> i.e the streets I walk on often, or the front of the coffee shops I always go to.
Simply because it’ll be nice to look back on, and the film is cheap (bc it’s an iPhone).
Pick a spot, grab a camera (film, digital, your phone in airplane mode), and go for a stroll. Once you start looking for pictures you'll noticing all sorts of things you normally miss. A little fresh air and a little creativity.
So you can go back and access that love and joy you felt there at any time—that feeling will never go away! And think about how exciting it will be to have a larger space to make new memories in!
(Pictured: my first apartment)
Be like a woman diagnosed with hysteria in the 18th century. Visit the sea and let it restore your spirit.
Drove to the Nubble Lighthouse at 6 in the morning. I brought my journal and wrote two pages sitting on rocks and breathing in the salty air. I feel awake, alive, free, and ready for the rest of the day. Don’t underestimate the healing power of Mother Nature. She is here for us when we treat her with love.
I am partial to abstraction but I wanna highlight a more contemporary representational painter. Mark Tennant‘s work is like painted film photography. His use of light and shadow, the subject matter, just so unique and stunning.
