Well, I made it! 365 pictures for the year! (here are all the mosaics and here is my Flickr photostream)December was probably the hardest month to stay with this. I know, I know. So close and I couldn't hold it together at the end? There were a couple of factors: it is a WAY busy month and it is the beginning of The Darkness. I remember now how hard it was to get photos back in January and February when I drove to school in the dark and drove home from school in the dark.
Will I do this again in 2010? Absolutely.
Will I do anything differently? Yes. Rather than numbering the photos in the comment area of Flickr, I am going to write about the photo or the day I took it or whatever else occurs to me -- I want to use my photos as prompts in a sort of visual or digital writer's notebook.
We'll see how that goes. I always feel like I have too much that MUST be done and here I've gone and added something to the pile. But taking photos all year helped me to see and interact with the world in new ways, and that made my life richer. It seems fair to add things to the to-do list that make me a better person, doesn't it?
It's that urge to improve myself that started me reading 52+ children's novels a year starting back in 1987, kept me going to tai chi this year, and got my swim back up to a mile this month. It's why I'm going to try to bake bread once a month and send more postal mail this year.
Happy 2010. Let's work to make that less of a wish and more of a promise to ourselves and those around us.
I love your photos. I am trying the 365 Photo project this year. Your work is an inspiration to me. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Barbara! Good luck with Project 365 -- it's lots of fun! I'll look forward to your photos!
ReplyDeleteI like this post a lot! I've starting my own 365 project this year, and I loved reading your reflection on what you'd do differently. I have been jotting notes in the description section, too, to help jog my memory later on. It's becoming sort of a digital/photo diary of sorts...it's a lot of fun! I can't wait to publish my own post reflecting on the year one day! :)
ReplyDeleteI have loved watching your mosaics over the months and am simply in awe of your work ethic! I thought about doing a Project 365 but honestly think my photos would be all about food! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of adding notes to each photo so it becomes like a virtual writer's notebook of photos!