Muddling through...

I find it worthwhile to note that since I started this blog, a mere two weeks and a day ago, I have become quite bored with my previous "simplicity". As noted in previous posts, I used to be dedicated to the simplistic, to landscapes. I felt that all this befuddling with Photoshop was not true to the nature of creativity, and that the idea of capturing anything other than nature was just uninteresting (for me). Now, it seems, I have gone the opposite way. I took my camera with me this evening on a walk through my neighborhood, and vented to my husband about how bored I am with my surroundings- photography-wise, that is. After only 2 weeks, I feel they've been played out. I even started to address nature photography as boring.

This is an interesting dilemma to me, and I'm not really sure how to move on from it. I begin to wonder if dedicating every day to a new photo is bleeding me dry. But I don't want to believe that. After all, I get new ideas for shots every day. But I'm tired. Maybe it's like training for a marathon. Before I started this project, I hadn't taken a single photo in weeks. And, now suddenly I'm taking several each day. Maybe I just haven't worked up the stamina yet, and that is why I feel so exhausted, and suffer from headaches. Before, I was battling anxiety and sadness from my creativity backing up inside me. Now, it seems I've let it out so much, I've drained myself.

Well, I would like to muddle through and carry on in the belief that my body can handle the increase in creative energy. And, out of a desire not to lose my connection with nature photography, I decided that today I would post a photo I took on our walk. This is a shot of our neighbor's cactus. But instead of just keeping it simple, and perhaps a little "boring", I added some depth to it using Photoshop. Turns out there are no rules to creation. I don't know why I used to try to make up so many of them.