11.10.2011

{looking back} bricks and things

Do you ever look back on something you created, such as photographs, and find that you like them better than you did before? At the time I took these polaroids, over five years ago, I thought they were okay. I liked them but didn't think they were anything special. Now, I kind of love them.

What generates the change in perspective? The time that passed? Or my own change in aesthetic preference? Or did I just need to get away from them, not look at them in hopes of something better until one day I stumble upon them again and they are better simply because I forgot what I was going for in the first place? My memory being wiped of whatever my preconceived notion was?

Regardless, I love them and the feeling they give me. All that old brick... it was such a neat place! Taken in Danville, Virginia. March 2006.

3 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 11, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    stepping back from our work is such an amazing phenomenon.

    just taking 30mins away from something i'm working on helps.

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  2. rachelNovember 11, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    It's strange how that happens, right?

    These photos have such a nostalgic quality to them... I get the feeling that there's a lot of memories associated with them.

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  3. JonNovember 21, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    I think we all have to step back from our work to discover the hidden elements. Turner spent a lifetime on individual paintings. I'm still going over photographs I took 25 years ago ....... still finding something new in them!! Your minds eye never stops developing.

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