Week 9 5 Core Words 4-3-16 Beauty Everywhere

I experienced extreme difficulty and frustration with the 5 core words, discarding the first ones. I was trying to be too creative with the assignment and over-analyzing myself and the photos. I was allowing my inner critic to run the show because my self-confidence was backstage- weary, lost, and very confused. After calling on some help and support from Kim and Sally, I came up with these 5 core words

 

I did the correct assignment, and it was much easier this time. I initially was going to post a photo of the Boundary Waters in MN where we go every summer, & call it home. I took it down, yesterday feeling it did not fit with my first 5 words. Actually I think it would fit much better with these core words. However, I decided to post a photo with less elements & simplicity for my core words. I have taken many photos of the West and MN where I have been going for decades. I love the areas, and this is where I have taken most of the photos I am drawn to photograph. That is wonderful, but I also feel that has been limiting for me, thinking that the best photos are in the West, MN, etc. This thinking created a barrier for better appreciating and seeing the dramatic, vivid, and wonderful storytelling images around me every day-if I am observant curious, pause, pay attention, and see.

Thus, I have changed my perspective and expectations to be more open to possibilities for any image around me to have equal photo-opportunity to the ones out West. I will have to see where this takes me, but it seems very significant now. One photo at a time. I am cautiously optimistic and hopeful...

 

I love these core words! They resonate with me in soul/ heart language. The storytelling core word helps me with the emotional piece I feel is lacking in my photos. If I can see and feel a meaningful story in my photo, I am thinking it will be more successful and sing for me.I am going to try making up short stories before making a photo-or after, and see what happens. Maybe the ones with the most interesting or detailed stories will be the photos that sing for me the most emotion. Images where I feel more alive and passionate. The other 4 core words help with the missing emotional piece also: vivid, dramatic, organic, diagonal and vertical lines.

 

Core Words:

Vivid--striking, colorful, expressive, lively, meaningful, distinct, energetic, stirring, powerful, dramatic

Dramatic--filled with emotion or energy, striking, affecting people's emotions, attracting attention,

Organic--shapes with a natural look, and a flowing and curving appearance

Diagonal line, Vertical line

Storytelling--image that tells a story/message

 

Core Words for this photo:

Vivid--colorful with the orange wings, organic-shaped wings, dramatic-beauty of the small butterfly. The storytelling image of the butterfly getting his nectar, his flight fuel. Wondering how much longer he will be around. I feel very sad.

 

I was surprised as Sally suggested about what I found!! I love surprises. They are interrupters, unexpected responses, that can bring change and new seeing. I feel these 5 core words help get to the heart of my photos. If I can feel some connecting and identifying with the image, inviting me to look closer for details, there is more story-potential to be discovered, emotion-potential, feelings.

 

Wow, it was much work, getting past some barriers. However,I feel I am getting closer to expressing the essence of my photographs with these core words. I am anxious to go out and try. It will not always come easy. The inner critic wants to keep the status quo. I will listen to her wisdom. By accepting & listening to the Inner Critic, she will be more likely to work with Self-Confident Sharana, and not sabotage plans.

 

 

 

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