One Sunday in August check in
Hmmmm. What to write?
So, I need to write, but I don’t know what to write.
But there are nebulous ideas. Unformed, and incomplete.
Penfriending
Writing to people feels good. Not the kind of writing where thoughts are on blast (maybe like these bloggy things). But writing to a person. Like an email, or a letter.
I have a new ‘pen pal’ and that feels really nice. We had a message thread on socials for a short while and then it just made sense to move it over to email.
It’s like the old days of writing letters. Not having a chat, but a conversation. Kinda thing.
Getting to know someone across the world. Hearing about where they live, and what they do.
Yeah, so that feels nice. And we agreed no pressure, no hurry. And that also feels very good.
Gaming for Rest
I have been playing a lot of videogames recently.
I seem to have been in a funk these last few years. A fun funk. Finding it so difficult to play in any kind of way.
Our culture seems so fun averse. I feel all these self-judgements when I turn the PS5 on.
What I’m realising for myself, is that having fun – playing – is like resting. It’s good for my mind.
Last night I was playing Ratchet and Clank. It’s not a slow game. It’s a bit hectic at times. It’s a nice fun game. But my watch logged it as sleep!
How? Does gaming put me in some kind of meditative mode?
This has happened multiple times. Even playing Fortnite, and other games.
Anyway. It’s better than getting stuck watching TV or YouTube for hours.
I feel like my brain was actively resting. Not just checking out watching trash on YouTube.
Overwhelming Piles
I would really like to be more creative.
I’ve done a teeny bit of drawing recently. Nice!
But. My photography output has ground to a halt. And I’m finding it very difficult to turn on the computer and engage with my own work. It’s too much.
I still take photos occasionally. A lot less than normal.
But it’s what comes after. It kills the creative process for me. And having a new camera, that process has a lot more friction than I’m used to.
This is what I would like help with. Not the photography. Not the processing. But the archiving, curating, the farting about, and all that organisational stuff.
My archive is a monumental mess and I just keep adding more photos to the top of the digital pile.
Sometimes I get the idea I’m taking too many photos when on a photo walk. And I take less. Because it’s adding more to the overwhelming pile.
It’s become a real problem in my head. The organisational side of me seems to be overruling the creative urge.
This what I would love AI to help me with. I don’t need or want it to create anything for me. But to help me organise myself would be so amazing. So I can have more energy for making art.
Arting about. Not farting about.
This has been a blog post
And I am posting it. As it is.