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From March 1, 2022: Today, I’m starting a new journey of self reflection & exploration. I’m hoping to connect more deeply with myself as I work to overcome my depression. Often, I’m too quick to jump online & moan about the state of my life, which can be okay, but I need to be able to see through the negative towards more positive outcomes. To know that I’m not always so worthless or useless. To know that I have something to offer in life.
I want to feel more positive about myself because I’m the only person I have in my life that I can depend on for the love I desire. I know I have a habit where I say these kind of thoughts, & in other posts I’ve often talked about trying to actualize these things, trying to actualize unconditional love & reverence for all life starting with myself, but I also know that I’ve often failed at doing this for myself. It’s time to stop failing. As author @shannonkaiserwrites says, it’s time to start living & using joy as a barometer for how I feel.
In terms of the selfies I’d like to capture this month, I want to explore ways of seeing myself visually that I haven’t done before over the last two years, while also keeping them authentic to how I feel.
I admit, I’m nervous that I will start strong & then fall again. I need to craft some kind of a safety plan for when I feel myself growing weak. A way to lift me up from under the weight of the metaphorical bricks that can feel too heavy on my shoulders. I’m not sure what that will look like but maybe that’s a question I can put to my non-physical guides & teachers in tomorrow mornings automatic writing session.
Another thing that I need to do this month is reach out for help. I’ve been struggling so much, & I haven’t done the things I need to do to get better. There were times in January & February when I felt lower than I did when I ended up in hospital for my depression. It’s not some thing I’m proud of. But I have to get over being upset with myself or feeling guilty for not getting the help that I know I need. Because when I do that I just cycle down into more shame, regret & remorse to the point of paralysis. So this is my manifesto: that kind of shit ends today.
I took my photo today, of my feet, walking through the mess that’s on my bathroom floor. I placed my camera down on the floor to look straight ahead at where my feet would walk, & I used a delayed shutter release to capture the image with a shallow depth of field. I think I’m happy with the shot, my bare feet still scarred from when I cut them up in January after walking 10 km & boots that didn’t fit properly. It’s taking almost 2 months for my feet to feel comfortable in shoes again. They might’ve healed more quickly had i not continue to walk for a few days after hurting my feet. By doing that, I made my feet feel worse, even though I was wearing padded Band-Aids, gauze & thick socks, returning to my old shoes that I had worn before trying out the new boots. So one foot still looks worse than it feels, in fact I feel nothing at all, even though it’s still purple & bruised. But it’s a reminder that with time, even the deepest of wounds can heal, & one can carry on in life as if nothing had even happened at all. Finally, I’m also loving how you can see the blurred outline of my beautiful dog Kira, who was standing in the hallway probably wondering what it was I was trying to do.
This was originally posted on my Instagram.
60/365.
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"Never stand between two mirrors. Mirrors contain infinity. Infinity contains more things than you think. Everything, for a start. Including hunger. Because there's a million billion images, but only one soul to go around."
~Terry Pratchett
From The Wintersmith (I think)
Got stuck into the whole digital music / Piracy debate tonight with some friends after a small poker tournament (I just met them there - I wasn't playing)
(I'm kinda amazed someone didn't beat me to this?)
For FGR - Warped Self Reflections
Explored :D
From an old self portrait project thats been on the shelf for some years. Reflections of me photographing myself in different surfaces and settings. This is me looking down into the ocean. Dusting off old images to see if they can be used for anything. Ideas?
Shot taken at Loch Etive, in Scotland, where it meets the roads end of Glen Etive.
Glen Etive is located "on the other side of" Glencoe.
Glen Etive contains a 7 mile single track road, that starts at the Kings House Hotel, at the start of Glencoe.
I used to camp regularly in the Glen.
Here you could camp freely anywhere you wished, unlike Glencoe where the only camping was allowed at the rear of The Kings House Hotel.
Glen Etive is fantastic, as it featured most of the Glencoe Mountains on its northern side, and had a river running through it (to Loch Etive).
Featured in the recent Bond Movie, with Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and that song from Adele (Skyfall).
Believe it or not, Glen Etive is only a 90 minute car journey from Glasgow, and this journey takes you to some amazing places en-route (you travel up the entire 26 miles of Loch Lomond).
If you go to Glasgow on a holiday or short break, hire a car and head North to Loch Lomond, Glencoe and Glen Etive. It will be the best investment that you could ever possibly make for under £100.
Trust me, it is unbelievable scenery, tranquilness and the most tuned to glorious nature that you may encounter here on earth.
I know I may be overdoing it a bit, but try it, and if your are fully dissatisfied get back to me, taking into account that we cannot guarantee, from one hour to the next (never mind day to day) what the weather will be like.
Just take a chance and go for it.
"Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person, a false self. I wind my experiences around myself and cover myself in glory to make myself perceptible...as if I were an invisible body that could only become visible when something visible covered its surface....But there is no substance under the things with which I am clothed. I am hollow, and my structures of pleasures and ambitions have no foundation. I am my own mistake.....The secret of my identity is hidden in the love and mercy of God."
-Thomas Merton, "Seeds of Contemplation"
I'm not very keen on doing self portraits but during a recent environmental portrait session I had I took this pic of my reflection, my shadow and the shadow of my reflection. I thought it was quite unusual and for once I liked a kind of self portrait.
Nunca me han gustado demasiado los autoretratos pero durante una sesión de retratos ambientales que hice recientemente tomé una foto de mi reflejo, mi sombra y la sombra de mi reflejo. Me pareció poco habitual y en parte por eso creo que me gustó este tipo de autoretrato.
In a Google cafe wasting time while waiting for a ride. Should have grabbed an ice cream instead of doing goofy things like this.
This evening I went to the opening of a local artist's first one-man show. Ken Garcia is experimenting with his classically-trained ability in oil painted figures mixed with his youthful history with graffiti.
He had a mirror set up for selfies. I'm not sure I did this right...
Sometime around Gabriel's birth we gifted Andrew with our old S100 PowerShot point and shoot. Today I got a hold of it and looking through it was like watching a 365 of Andrew. He loves to take pics of himself. He has figured out how to turn on the self timer and set up the camera and set it on a surface so he can look into it. About every 5th shot is all red because he's stuck the front of it into his mouth. I guess it's his journey of self-discovery. If he was on flickr he'd totally be in a 365 self portrait group hehe.
Self reflection is a humbling process. It's essential to find out why you think, say, and do certain things...then better yourself.
My sister-in-law asked that I take pictures of her cat. I have taken many pictures of her tabby (Ollie) as he is friendly and curious, but Hopper (pictured here) is fairly shy and gets nervous when something is pointed in his direction. So getting shots of him, can be a challenge! However, of the two cats, Hopper is more affectionate, smart, athletic, yet moody and temperamental!
Are you sure that you know your true identity? Will you be able to look at yourself without all the distortions created by your subjective world? In general, we are more close to the animal self than to the human self.
The animal self seeks the satisfaction of its own passions at all costs although it may often have to disguise them and present them under the appearance of great saintliness. In this way, this man, that thinks that he 'does what he likes,' is in reality the slave of his own slaves.
J.A. Livraga
Stock used:
Raven here by ~FallowpenStock
Texture here by ~SolStock
Blood brushes here by ~Scully7491
Background is my own stock. It was done last week in west Ireland, in the same place than the photo beside.
Thank you for looking
Often in life, one must cleanse the soul; undergoing a series of self reflective exercises to uncover the highs and lows pertaining to one's life. Just like this photo depicts beautiful Mount Lassen, and its reflection on the lake, life sometimes can and will display the obvious to your very own eyes. Live, love and enjoy life. Photo of Mount Lassen captured at Manzanita Lake. Shasta County. Late October 2012.