Monday, December 14, 2009

Inspiration, Where Art Thou...?

I am in desperate need of a photo project.

I know this because, more and more, everyday, I can feel my creative juices slowly slipping away from me. The ebb and flow of my central crativeness is slowly on it's way to becoming stagnant.
I need something that is going to inspire me, put a fire in my belly. Something that is going to make me want to get up in the morning and get to work on it- no matter what time it is. I need something that's going to make me want to devote all my time- endless, upon endless hours worth- trying to see this thing through to fruition, not to mention, something that will consume most, if not all, of all of my energies and money.
I need something that's going to occupy my mind twenty- four- seven and make me crazy, something that's going to make me wish that I'd never come up with the idea in the first place, something that, halfway through, will make me question my very sanity!
That's right! I need something that's going to make me into a raving lunatic for the next few months, and I'll still love every minute of it!

But, I digress.

The problem is that I just can't find anything to get excited about. No matter what subject I fall upon, nothing seems to stick.
This has been going on for some weeks, now, and I'm starting to get worried.
Is this all I have to offer as a creative person? Is this where my creative juices stop flowing...?

Another day, another photo inspired rut...

I need to find something that is going to get me excited about shooting again....but what ..?
Despite having done a huge amount of research- and yes, t.v. does constitute as research- I have yet to find a subject that grabs me.
I believe part of my problem stems from the fact that my tastes in subjects runs the gamut from food to hair styles, the history of architecture, to shoes. None of them have taken. I keep getting stymied at every turn.
The only project I feel that I can really sink my teeth into is a project on New York City.
But, the topic itself is too broad. I'd have to whittle it down to something specific... narrow it out a little.... but to what... as yet, I have no idea...
Clearly, this is still a work in progress- no pun intended.
Feel free to lob some topics at me, suggestions are more than welcome...

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