Instead of working on the pile of things on my to do list today, I took an hour long bubble bath, imported missing gothics from my collection into my Storygraph and decided to write a post here. It would be fun to just have an online diary again.
I’m not completely sold on Storygraph yet, the graphs are CUTE (though the site otherwise isn’t very attractive), and it’s cool that it isn’t owned by amazon, but I read a bunch of weirdo old gothics and they’re not there yet, so I have to add them, and the ones that are there, often don’t have covers, so I’m going to want to add those too. Which actually is exactly the kind of Virgo bullshit I enjoy so it keeps me coming back.
I started a 365 self portrait project on January 1st. I haven’t finished one in a few years, since, maybe, 2018? I have started a couple, then summer comes along and I just peter out. I went back and looked at pictures from my last attempt, in 2022, and there are lots that I’m really proud of.
Photos from my 2022 365 days project, which was actually an 124 day project. 😉
As for my latest endeavor, I’m really enjoying it so far, thinking about creating every day, opening up my actual computer and editing there instead of in VSCO on my phone. I think maybe I’m finally settled enough that I will follow through. It’s been such a upheaved few years.
January 1, 2023 – It has been a minute since I have successfully finished a 365 set so I feel all sorts of afraid to start. It helps me remember that I’m corporeal and I miss thinking about creativity on a day to day basis, but it also feels so unimportant in the grand scheme of things, which makes it very easy for me to quit when other things feel hard. I’m going to try, though!January 2, 2023 – I have been cleaning house all morning and now I’m beat, I can’t wait to eat leftover Hoppin’ John and play some Baldur’s Gate 3!January 3, 2023 – my to do list for this week was way too ambitious.Anyway, I was looking back at old 365 sets and @ten.years.ago I did a set with quotes for titles and I loved it. That was a satisfying set in general. Looking back and having lots of feelings as always.
January 1 – 3, 2014
1. you know my methods. apply them. – The Sign of the Four, Arthur Conan Doyle2. i would always rather be happy than dignified. – Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte3. i wish i were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free. – Wuthering Heights, Emily BronteI’m constantly reminiscing even as I’m making new stuff, it’s cool to have a place to weave these different versions of myself, 2014, 2022 and today, into one, jumbled with all my disconnected words and thoughts. It is confused just like it is in my head, I’m just hunting for a cohesive thread. Oh well. That’s life.
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