Tamwise

I was watching a Youtube video recently.. which got me thinking.. I judge movies so harshly, How are these things made? In what universe was that plot line a good idea? If a film doesn't inspire me, or make me feel... anything, I generally regard it as a waste of time. 

On the other hand, my absolute adoration for all things film makes me wish they weren't so bad, therefore I still watch them hoping the main character didn't just say what I think they said. I read articles on how bad films get made, whose involved and what money is spent.. only to feel like the world is conspiring against me for giving someone else what they want. But suddenly I realized.. Every single film.. good or bad.. Is a result of someones imagination. A dream, a thought.. an experience.

Mostly about things we wish would happen, or how we imagine some things might take place. How someone might feel, a different perspective, language or even world.

All things that have something in common.. They all stem from creativity. Beautiful Creativity.  So when you're watching 'The Happening' and wondering why the director who made you shiver with excitement in 'Signs', could ever go so far in the opposite direction..  Think about where they were coming from, and feel an ounce of the joy they must have felt having their idea come to life. 

How can I ever hate anything ever again?

I think I'll go for a walk.

My Polaroid camera is in the mail.. So I've been thinking about what I'd like to photograph. 'snap happy' is not something you can be when it comes to Polaroids these days, considering the fact that the company went bankrupt and now film is hard to come by. There's something so different about this form of photography.. even film cameras in general have this air about them, you take the picture.. you develop the film.. you see the result. There's none of this "I don't like that one, delete it" oh and no tagging on Facebook. haha. I got the Polaroid inspiration after meeting a traveling musician from NYC. He would take Polaroids of everyone he met and post them on his blog. After taking some awesome double exposure pictures at a train station before he left, I was sold. I have enough film for 20 pictures. I obviously don't want to waste the film, though I'm not worried about having to order more. Perhaps I'll just carry it around with me like Oscar carried his key, I'll shoot when the moment is right. Train station photograph - He took the one of me alone, I loved it. But couldn't scan unfortunately.