The concept of a digital artefact remains one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever heard. 

For weeks, I struggled to come up with an idea of what to do with it. This was largely due to the fact that I’ve never found my interests worth sharing (sad, I know). It took some time, but I eventually settled on photography. Since then, I’ve been sharing posts on an Instagram account. My aim has been to do so at least once a week. I made my first crack at posting by finding a few photos that I’d taken already. Here’s an example (and probably my favourite):

So far, I’ve mostly been operating from my comfort zone – which consists of isolation. Due to this, the experience has been pretty relaxing so far. I may have only gotten one viewer that I can count so far, but I think I’ve gotten some decent photos. 

My effort into these photos haven’t gone much further than me looking up from where I’m standing/walking and going, “oh, that looks pretty” (direct transcript) and getting my phone out. It’s been less about learning the fine print of photography and more of a soothing personal exercise. 

The audience I’ve been aiming to attract consists of people that know as much about photography as I do – in other words, they see it as a casual hobby. This aim hasn’t changed significantly since the beginning of the process, although it has become a tad less ambitious. I’m no longer going out of my way to try to “inspire” people to do photography (although I guess it would be a nice plus)

My presence on Twitter has been fairly aimless so far as well. The motivation to tweet tends to come from random thoughts I have on developments in film and tv. Their relevance week-to-week has been a bit shaky, but I’ve tried to keep them as semi-recent as possible. My first tweet involved my thoughts on Better Call Saul (pretty recent, I guess). I’m hoping that once I get used to using Twitter regularly, I’ll have more to say.

I have the link here:

Moving forward, I hope to become more relaxed. This project is asking me to reach beyond my comfort zone, and I feel I’ve yet to rise to the occasion. This sort of thing usually takes time for me. My plan for now is to continue posting photos and hope for the best. I don’t know how well this method has served me in the past, but I feel I need to ease into this.