Writing about photographs

Trying to be Creative #32

Nov 16, 2023

The photo above is of my desk.

Truth is, I never thought I’d start today’s newsletter (or any for that matter) with those words, but here we are.

In the last few months, I’ve come across many photographs with stories. Some of them have a few words, others with many sentences and paragraphs. This pairing of photos with words has interested me and is something I’ve never been able to do, even when I was active on Instagram. Writing captions always felt like a chore.

The thing is, I don’t think I’m a very good photographer and I’m sure I’m a worse “writer” if you can even call me that. But since seeing more of these photo stories, I’ve decided to pair my photos with “writing” so…

The photo above is of my desk.

I took this photo a couple of weeks ago and before this photo, I never noticed the lines on the wood and that is something, seeing that I’ve been using this desk for more than a year now. I’ve used this desk for pretty much everything. I’ve had breakfast, lunch, dinner, and other unnamed meals on this desk. I’ve taken many many many naps on it. It has featured in countless photographs. Most of my YouTube videos have been filmed on this desk. Emails, notes, ideas, plans, and even bad cartoon drawings have been done on this desk.

Desk-san has been a useful supporting character in the recent timeline of my creative journey and I never noticed the lines and textures until this photograph. I just viewed it as a flat, orange surface until now. Now, maybe you can relate or maybe this is a me thing, but I’m hoping it’s not.

I wonder how many more things we don’t really see. Well…

That is a photo of my desk.

Thanks for reading this far.

Thanks for sticking around.

Keep taking photos, experimenting, and breathing.

See you November 30.

ash.