The book has been closed to chapter 9, September 2020. I have for the past few years saved one picture a day in an app called COLLECT. I love it because it helps me remember what happened in any particular month and year. Sometimes it’s a memory or even a picture sent to me by someone I love. In a similar way I have also collected short video clips daily for a couple years in another app called the 1 second everyday. In this way I get to re-visit moving memories. I would say for most of my adult life I have been a great memory keeper. In picture, videos, journals and words. It’s almost like second nature to me. I can’t image how life would be without a camera in my hand. The iPhone has certainly taken the place of my DSLR and for sure my film cameras. It’s convenient and Apple has mastered the quality of photos in a tiny little pocket sized computer/phone that easily can be carried with us wherever we go. I feel guilty for neglecting my “BIG” camera and apps like FaceBook and Instagram have made it simple to take a picture on our smart phone and upload directly from our phone to the app where our friends and family can see what we are sharing for the day. I have fallen into this trap because it’s easy and convenient and I don’t have to sit at my desk in front of a big computer screen and upload photos to my photo library to then upload to a website to share. It was time consuming in the days of Flickr but those days were by far some of my favorite days. In the same way I feel guilty for neglecting my camera I feel sad sometimes to have walked away from a safe creative place to share things I love. All this to say I have stepped away once again from social media and I’m no longer sharing my days on Facebook or Instagram. I have set a time limit of 3 months to be away however in my heart I really want it to be forever. We shall see how that goes. I took off one week a couple months ago and it felt so AWESOME. It freed up so much of my time to do more things I love.
Below is a video of our September in moving moments and I will for sure be sharing my monthly memories here in this blog. Until next time remember to love one another.