We all go through hard times in our lives. It’s inevitable. I would even go as far as to say that there are no good times without bad times. If your life is going smoothly and everything goes your way, all your relationships are healthy, you’re satisfied of the work you do, eventually you’ll feel lost. Our brains are designed to never be fully satisfied. Once you reach a goal, something you thought you’d always wanted, you need to think of a new one to not feel stuck. On top of the big goals in our lives, we need smaller ones to help us see that we’re making progress. The human mind is a complicated matter.
I have mentioned it multiple times before that one of my coping mechanisms is photography. Before COVID, it went along with travelling but now, it’s just photography. Winters can be hard for me. I’m not sure I could say I have seasonal depression, but I definitely feel better in the rest of the year. It could be simply because in winter we don’t go out as much and I don’t feel too comfortable in my current living situation, but I tend to feel blue more than usually between November and March.
This is one of the reasons why that is the time of the year I take most photos. I need to go out and just get my mind off of everything. When I go out to shoot it’s just me and the city. At the same time, I feel alone, and surrounded by people. I have a clear goal and I know how to reach it. What I want to do is clear my mind, find something that catches my eye.
Not too long ago, I realized that the photos I take are a reflection of my current emotional state. What that means is the “something” that catches my eye is affected by how I’m feeling and what I’m going through, something I can identify with.
I know I’m not the only one who uses a photography to help them through hard times. I also know that hard times for one are normal life for others. What is important is that we just keep pushing in any way we possibly can. If it’s by creating something, even better.
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