Anyone else sick of seeing the same things day after day? Lockdown has made me pretty paranoid and anxious at times, and my 'daily exercise' has become more of a robotic operation for some fresh air than something I actually do because I want to go outside. I'd rather not to be honest with everything that's happening right now.
I recently started taking my SLR out with me walking, as something to focus on to try and make the experience less anxiety provoking. We have had so much good weather recently and I've become obsessed with photographing the reflections in the water as I walk. There's something about the way the sunlight reflects off the water that I find absolutely mesmerising. Concentrating on capturing these images has helped me to enjoy my outside time in a different way. I am appreciating the beauty around me as opposed to worrying just about if someone is going to come to close to me or pass me, or cough on me.
Part of the process for me is then coming home and looking through all the images, picking out those that speak to me the most. I then digitally manipulate the images by mirroring them on themselves. The light outside has been so incredible recently that I don't even have to emphasise this digitally. I am drawn to how working with the reflections in this way makes each image into something completely new. The outcome is always surreal and often quite confused and difficult to make sense of. I find this fitting as it is a reflection of the way I feel at the moment as a result of the circumstances that Corona Virus has caused.
Nothing is quite as it seems and I am forever trying to make sense of this concept by attempting to make art about it and through it. Having a creative outlet during lockdown is helping me to make sense of things. To visualise my thoughts, worries and feelings into places where they can be held and contained.
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