Admittedly, this title could apply to many other decisions in my life, for example:
- Getting my ears pierced in India
- Sleeping on a beach in Oman
- Fighting in the SCA
... along with other lesser additions to this list (many involving a microwave). Today, according to some, might be a contender for this list.
I have an assignment for Intro to Visual Culture to 'get lost in the city' and document what the visual culture manipulates and reconfigures as values.
And so I took my camera and started wandering. Through the streets, the shops, the sun, the dust. Exploring. Finding new corners of the city I too - often ignore.
I got some weird looks, but no different than the ones in the US when I take photos of less-than-picture-perfect objects.
There were points where I was truly lost- I had lost sight of Sama (yay!), and everything looked unfamiliar- looked new.
Taking those photos reconnected me to this city, and to reconnected me to my camera. I had the assignment in mind, but also allowed myself to diverge from that, and I ended up with some shots I am really proud of.
Moral of the story: Wandering is good for my soul. Photography is good for my soul.
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