Looking Back

So I just read through my journal that I started writing in 2008/2009. The one thing that I did find enjoyable was my desire to become something greater and a better person. I have been able to determine the things that have and were causing me trouble in life.

This life isn’t about figuring out who you are. I know exactly WHO I am. What I stand for. What things matter to me. If there’s someone out there that knows more about me, than I do. Well, then I must be famous or something, but I don’t think that will ever happen.
This whole life documentation thing is quite interesting. We want to be remembered for the things we saw, did, and experienced. Its human nature. I want to let others know that I was here. Existed. My life had meaning. My life mattered.

I love photographs. Not images. I think there’s a big difference between the two. An image is something that doesn’t have much significance. We see it for a mere second and move on. Like what you do when you scroll on Tumblr… we are inundated with images. Messages. Advertisements.
But real photographs. Tangible, printed out, visual memories can have so much meaning. We can see a slideshow projected. But do we really remember much from any of the pixels being presented before us?

Our consumption of visual media is unfathomable. With the rise of digital photography and having a camera in our pockets at all times. Its simply inevitable that the number of digital images continues to increase exponentially. But are we any better because of this?

I challenge you to go out and buy a disposable camera. Keep that in your pocket or purse with you for a week or two. And take some pictures. Then wait a few weeks to get it developed. You just may like the results and the experience that is associated with your little time capsule.

I think its time for me to get my film camera out and take some myself!