Double exposure

In secondary one or two (I cannot remember) I had an art elective on photography. My final “assignments” were full body shots of myself and a few friends mish-mashed together with different parts representing our identity. That probably planted the seeds for my strange addiction to editing photos. The same time, I was introduced to double exposure but at that time I never really got into it. Strange how these things had stuck around dormant until now.

They turned out really strange and I like them this way. But tbh it is a little weird to think about how I had to pose for these pictures. Right off the top of my head if I were to name something people would judge me for it would probably be AA things like these.

Another thing that I have realized about myself after starting this blog is that I am starting to learn how to not let external reasons stop me from doing whatever the heck I like. To begin with, not that I have been someone who really cared about what people thought, but these days I think I’m starting to get weirder and less self-conscious about being weirder. I’m discovering an unknown part of me that I never would have imagined myself having three years ago.

So if anyone is even remotely curious, that’s part of the benefits of starting a blog. I feel that I could continue an argument in that direction with how social media is also a platform for us getting more comfortable with ourselves when used correctly. I don’t think it is just a shallow tool for self-indulgence that the “older generation” makes it out to be. I don’t think I’ve heard people explain social media in a more considered way (it seems to be either a shallow and pointless platform, or a business/money-making platform for the new generation of advertisers, creators and consumers etc..) Maybe I will talk about that in the future.

Also, the last two paragraphs were literally a thought I had on the spot, so to add-on to the list of benefits of blogging: you get better at spontaneous thinking. It helps me to write about things because then I start to explore and characterize what I  only had vague feelings about.

Well, didn’t this entire post go off tangent! Frankly the pictures are straightforward and don’t need much besides appreciating its aesthetics, so this is a little of my random rambling before I get back into the groove writing more legit things, like reflections about myself, the recent China trip I’ve been on etc…