February 2024 Studio Reflection

The cracking of ice and emergence of chaos.

February was the sudden snap of ice cracking above a lake, the sound a primal, bone deep warning. I’ve felt called to realignment, as the world continues to grow heavier, and as I experience shifts in my personal life. Much of this month was personal chaos, chasing after problems and coming up with solutions, facing down anxiety and transmuting that anxiety into growth. 

This month was also a sudden reemergence of creativity. I am at my core a seasonal person, and with the stints of 60 degree weather sprinkled throughout February (a worryingly warm month for it being winter) I found myself lurching into creativity, ideas welling up after not wanting to reach for the camera throughout much of the winter.

My creativity this month has broadly taken on the shape of play and I’ve felt myself experimenting more and really looking at other photography and thinking about what I want to create within a photograph. I’ve been looking at a slew of artists, like Peah-Pauline Guilmoth and Arrayah Loynd, pulling quotes from research and looking at the interconnected ways bodies co-exist. In short, I have been leading a practice group.