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All I Want is a Photograph
Jul. 18th, 2020 09:52 amI know my brainstorms are not that brainy or stormy, but I had one anyway and I'm going to share it.
In my last post I talked about giving away my "shrine stuff." I never actually build shrines anymore, but I still find myself thinking about them, which is, I suppose, why I haven't gotten rid of this stuff yet. Part of the challenge of making them was in finding and acquiring the right objects. Once I spent two years tracking down a tiny plastic glow-in-the-dark St. Michael the Archangel. So some of the things I have are 'valuable' in the sense that a lot of searching and effort went into obtaining them.
But when I think about making a shrine, I mainly get to the point of sketching it out, and never actually get into the work of painting, gluing, and all that other stuff. And it occurred to me just now that ... I can just take pictures of the stuff I like best. I can do this digitally. Paint or draw them and then use PaintShop or After Shot to 'collage' things in. There's nothing at all stopping me from building these things as digital art projects. I've had one in mind for years now that I haven't made any headway on because I can't seem to get glass eyes anywhere any more.
So now I'm thinking before I start mailing and donating, I'm going to set up a backdrop and take photos, then just have a swipe file on my computer to work with. Then I'll feel like I can part with these items without undue agony. And this isn't obviously a wholly original idea to me - Marie Kondo recommends photographing sentimental items before discarding them.
Anyway I have a three-mile run today so I'd best go do that. I'm feeling groggy since we were up later than normal looking at the Comet Neowise, or trying to despite the best efforts of some low-hanging fuckyoulo nimbus clouds. Happily we have another week to look, and as the comet gets higher in the sky it should be easier to spot unless storms move in. The cats are also Very Upset by the fact that I moved my bed and they pester me at night. Nana has taken to waking me at around 3 each morning, then again at 4:30. Crowley meows a lot, and Feisal has even started coming in and hopping on me, walking around, then leaving, only to come back an hour or so later and do it again. Because cats.
In my last post I talked about giving away my "shrine stuff." I never actually build shrines anymore, but I still find myself thinking about them, which is, I suppose, why I haven't gotten rid of this stuff yet. Part of the challenge of making them was in finding and acquiring the right objects. Once I spent two years tracking down a tiny plastic glow-in-the-dark St. Michael the Archangel. So some of the things I have are 'valuable' in the sense that a lot of searching and effort went into obtaining them.
But when I think about making a shrine, I mainly get to the point of sketching it out, and never actually get into the work of painting, gluing, and all that other stuff. And it occurred to me just now that ... I can just take pictures of the stuff I like best. I can do this digitally. Paint or draw them and then use PaintShop or After Shot to 'collage' things in. There's nothing at all stopping me from building these things as digital art projects. I've had one in mind for years now that I haven't made any headway on because I can't seem to get glass eyes anywhere any more.
So now I'm thinking before I start mailing and donating, I'm going to set up a backdrop and take photos, then just have a swipe file on my computer to work with. Then I'll feel like I can part with these items without undue agony. And this isn't obviously a wholly original idea to me - Marie Kondo recommends photographing sentimental items before discarding them.
Anyway I have a three-mile run today so I'd best go do that. I'm feeling groggy since we were up later than normal looking at the Comet Neowise, or trying to despite the best efforts of some low-hanging fuckyoulo nimbus clouds. Happily we have another week to look, and as the comet gets higher in the sky it should be easier to spot unless storms move in. The cats are also Very Upset by the fact that I moved my bed and they pester me at night. Nana has taken to waking me at around 3 each morning, then again at 4:30. Crowley meows a lot, and Feisal has even started coming in and hopping on me, walking around, then leaving, only to come back an hour or so later and do it again. Because cats.
