I started many projects, but finished nothing. This is not to say that I was unproductive this summer--I kept myself incredibly busy and filled a journal with many sketches and ideas. I just had no motivation to do anything with my ideas. When it came down to assembling materials and mustering the technical skills to execute it, I was ready to move on to a new idea.
Now, as I look at starting into my third week of school, I have all of the motivation I could ever need to be creative, simply because I have no desire to do my calculus homework. I'm constantly struck by how creativity often comes to me in waves, and how inconvenient that can be at certain times.
But despite the fact that I have very few completed drawings or paintings from the summer to show, I have collected some other things to share.
First off, I took a lot of photographs this summer in both individual and stop-motion form. I've realized that I haven't really shared any photographs of things that aren't my artwork, and I would like to change that.
So, here are some of my favorite photographs that I took this summer.
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| Jewelry from a day trip to Santa Fe |
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| Red jellyfish at the Birch Aquarium |
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| A routine visitor to our backyard. |
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| Delicious dessert from our trip to California. |
In addition to these pictures, I was able to complete a few videos as well, this time with some friends as my subject. This was so much fun to film, and my friends enjoyed having a movie made of them. You can watch it on my vimeo account here:
https://vimeo.com/46941463
I had a lovely summer, filled with a lot of great memories. I'm sad that it's over, but I am excited to finally be in my senior year of high school. There is a lot of promise for creative endeavors to occur in the upcoming year, and I am very excited to share them all!
Keep a lookout for new posts!
