January 2007: Retrospective
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
When I started Project 365, I didn't think it would be very difficult. How hard would it be, I wondered to myself, to take a picture each day and post it to the web? I take pictures everyday anyway, so it would be no big deal. I was wrong. It is a big deal, and it's a much bigger deal than I thought it could be. I have been surprised at how this work has impacted me.
After 31 days of Project 365, I've learned (already) that I favor a particular aesthetic (shallow depth of field), I'm drawn to certain colors (oranges and yellows), I'm interested in literal objects that connote abstract experiences (contact lenses and "vision"), and I'm engaged by the patterns I notice in my own work (lots of circular images). There is more. I'm wondering what these things "say" about my life, about my vision of the world I'm in.
Punctum
It's already becoming a bit challenging to find something new and exciting to photograph each day, and there are approximately 330 days of the project left to go. I anticipate that I'll be scrounging for subjects before too long. I will photograph the back side of the shower curtain in October because I would have photographed the front side in August . . . and this will be all that's left to shoot . . . that is, if I don't want to repeat myself. I joke, but what Project 365 has taught me so far-- about my own vision-- is that there is beauty and wonder in the most everyday subjects and we don't run out of every day subjects. We just have to look at them a little more closely, more carefully. (And I'm learning this just as clearly from other Project 365'ers as I am my own work.) But seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary is a skill. Project 365 is strengthening that skill.
Cross posted at Parts-n-Pieces.
31/365: After Payment, Shred the Suckers
Last day of the month is pay the bills day (it's also payday).
30/365: First-Time Contact Wearer
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
I wonder how they will change my "vision"?
29/365: Boundaries Keep Us In and Out
Monday, January 29, 2007
Easily one quarter of campus is under construction . . .Ok, maybe not one quarter, but a lot . . .
28/365: Dissertation Writing
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Not artsy, just accurate today. (Click through to see notes.)
27/365: New Faculty Orientation
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Ok, I cheated. I changed my 365 picture today. I forgot about how I spent my
Saturday morning: as a facilitator at New Faculty Orientation.
Saturday morning: as a facilitator at New Faculty Orientation.
26/365: Great Grate
Friday, January 26, 2007
Ventilation grate at campus student center
25/365: The View is So Different Three Stories Down
Thursday, January 25, 2007
24/365: Duck Teeth
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Best large. Click to embiggen.
23/365: Trip to the Store ($4.99 a lb.)
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
22/365: (Jan 22) My Inner Child Wants to Play
Monday, January 22, 2007
21/365: Vacation Fund
Sunday, January 21, 2007
20/365: Fake Sunflowers at Michael's
Saturday, January 20, 2007
19/365: Mailing Tubes, Dusty and Forgotten
Friday, January 19, 2007
18/365: Damn, I Need a Life
Thursday, January 18, 2007
17/365: Snow Day!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
16/365: First Day of Classes for Spring Semester
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Click to embiggen. In Flickr, move the picture's main page to see notes.
15/365: My neighbor parks his police cruiser outside my house at night
Monday, January 15, 2007
14/365: Bill Walton Bobble(body)
Sunday, January 14, 2007
13/365: Pixie on My Chest
Saturday, January 13, 2007
12/365: Wet Leaf Before the (Big) Storm
Friday, January 12, 2007
11/365: Diet Cherry Limeade (from Sonic)
Thursday, January 11, 2007
10/365: A Lot of People Died Yesterday (Daily Obituary Reading)
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
9/365: Hair Dryer Cord from Gym
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
8/365: Glass and Shadow
Monday, January 8, 2007
7/365: Ginger (Please Don't Make Me Do This)
Sunday, January 7, 2007
6/365: Pinot Noir
Saturday, January 6, 2007
5/365: Kris (hearts) Kevin '99
Friday, January 5, 2007
4/365: Conflicting Desires
Thursday, January 4, 2007
3/365: Yellow Flower at Mimi's Cafe
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
2/365: White Duck
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
1/365: "M"
Monday, January 1, 2007
Welcome to Parts-n-Pieces' Project 365 Blog
2007 will be the year of the photograph. Each day I will post a single photograph to the blog, and this will (1) document my year and will (2) develop my creativity. There will be no narrative on this blog, as I write elsewhere. The pictures I post here can also be found on my Flickr account. Comments and feedack are always welcome. If you have a Project 365 blog, let me know and I'll link to you. Here's to a fine and productive year.
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