Thursday, November 20, 2008

working title

Over the last 3 years, I have participated in some type of attempt at daily self portraiture.I began in 365 days, here the main focus was a daily picture, which at the time was a struggle, I have insecurities or had insecurities about how I looked, I got over that, and rarely cringe at photos of myself, there are times , more then not, that I enjoyed and found it to be very empowering. my attempts at year 2 , really were that attempts, I just really had been there done that before, and for me, it wasn't creative, it was more of an annoyance, and that's silly, to continue with something you don't really feel.

This spring flickr introduced video, which I thought cool, but it really doesn't apply to me. I never did videos of myself,i couldn't imagine it. Then I received my first invite to a group called "just say no, to video" and frankly I was intrigued, as to why I should say no.. So I started to do videos, and well It was exciting and creative, and huge eye opener.

If I thought I might balk at still images of myself, there are body angles,and chin doubling, you just can't hide in full motion video,so you either grimace, or get over your big bad self.

In July I joined 365 minutes,at Ipernity. A groups started by two friends from the original 365 days.
At first, months before I started I felt intimidated,by what others were creating and then in July I got over myself and I jumped in.Though it makes me grimace to admit I have a less the firm chin,or belly or anything, that also the beauty of it, it's gone in a flash erased, by another action, or music, or image I am portraying. It's an honest views of my life, of me, of my need to be a poseur video rock star wannabe, sometimes, but mostly they are real, and fairly mundane.
What will I do next July,when I finish, well i guess I will decide that in July.

4 comments:

Kim said...

you're cool.
xxoo
:)

Tracy said...

thanks :)

cybergabi said...

Hey, I found this blog through the comment you left on mine. Cool stuff - and nice post! Also wanted to tell you that the birthday mail has arrived - so beautiful! Thanks so much! I will definitely frame the small spiral one, it's my favorite. And I see it's #1 of 200 - that makes it even more special! Thanks so much! XO

Btw, speaking of selfie videos - did you ever see this? I so had to think of you :-)

Tracy said...

yay, it arrived, so happy to hear that, I'm please I picked out the right one. love the video too funny.