it started with film.
this whole thing.
i don’t really remember when i decided that i would trade one side of my brain for the other, but it happened. a switch was devised. a switch that determines true creative freedom. my personal work, switch on, professional work, switch off. i flip the switch on professionally on occasion, but i have to be purposeful about it.
i was talking to a really talented friend of mine a couple of weeks ago- he is the kind of friend that as soon as we see each other, despite other party guests or friends, we end up lost in conversation about our favorite artists, new projects, potential projects, and why we do what we do…. and how badly we want to be beyond excellent.
in our conversation he led me to a lifestyle photographer (who’s name i can’t remember, but i will find it out and share it) basically, this fellow is dropped off in cultures who would seem less than ordinary to most. he documents their lives, enters into their world in a way that is honest and captures incredible photographs. you couldn’t write the moments, they have to be photographed to really feel them. my buddy and i were laughing about all of my street knowledge, and all the while, underneath the laughter, i could feel something stirring.
i headed over to hulu and watched a couple of documentaries on the Medici family. (thanks for the heads up Russell!) images of Italy were flooding my mind. Brandon and i took a roadtrip through Italy when he returned from Iraq. It was incredible. Looking back it was such a crazy time in our hearts and lives, and it’s so poetically perfect that would be trek through the land of battles and art. i was so stirred by the imagery that i went to my darkroom closet and pulled out my case (as in HUGE RUBBERMAID TUB) of negative books. i looked through each page and the stirring grew stronger and stronger. i have 40 rolls of unprocessed TMAX and i can’t wait to see what each roll holds. 30 are of venezia and tuscany. i miss film. it will be years until i can actually handle the chemicals again (turns out i printed a little too much in my formative years) so, i’ve found a lab and i’m sending off a test roll. i’m going to start sharing my film work- for a thousand reasons i separate my personal work from my professional work (flippin’ switch!! )… but grand central, here they both come! I’m getting out the film folks. who knows what this stirring means.
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