Last year, around this time, I started a photography project that I called Looking at Things From a New Perspective. I was inspired by one of my roommates who was in DAAP (the college of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning at UC) . She had so many cool projects that forced her to draw, paint or whatever she had to do in so many different ways. My project has a very similar perspective: to take ordinary objects and view them in ways that you normally would not.
Within the past few months, busy with both work and school, I have unfortunately not been able to continue it. I put it on hold. Any free time or creativity I had went into either of the two books I have been writing recently.
Sure, it's easy to just take a picture on my phone, but to edit it and make it to the standards that I want it to be at, takes A LOT of time. Something that us college kids do not have much of. (Trust me, I wish I had more of it, but there is only so much one can do in 24 hours!)
But why am I writing this?
I want to inspire you. I want you to think of ordinary everyday objects you use daily but in multiple perspectives. To use your creative juices to create something that not everybody else can explain but yourself.
"What if I'm not creative?"
Everyone is creative in their own way. Maybe, instead of words, you express yourself in images or in equations. I may not be able to do that, but you can. That is what makes this project so amazing. It is not something that is individualized. Anyone can participate. I thought this was a great way to effectively express myself just because I could take a picture of literally anything I wanted. It did not limit my sources.
"What are some great examples?"
As I said, it can be an equation, a tree in your backyard, your family, anything. It does not even have to have an explanation for it either. The image could just be something that represents something powerful. Something that stands out to you. Something that you cannot even put into words. Something that takes your breath away.
Nothing can stand in your way. Not your gender, disabilities, sexuality...nothing. It does not judge and is limitless to what you post.
Now, this is what I want you to do. I want you to challenge yourself. Post a powerful image and use the hashtag: #lookingatthingsthroughanewperspective. See what others have posted.
OR...
You could check out some of the images I have posted under the same name.
Hope you enjoyed this one, and I'll see you next week with a new one. Toodles!
