An Amateurs Retrospect

Very often you will find me with a notebook and pen on me. This notebook serves as a tactile home for my miscellaneous thoughts & ideas to reside. Recently, I have recognized a reoccurring practice. When I find myself in a unique situation/mindset/mood (ex. anxious, blissful, fearful, ecstatic, hopeful, dumbfounded, etc.) I jot down some of my principal feelings and thoughts into my notebook. It is fascinating to then go back later, in a more normal/common state of mind, and practice introspection on myself. This essay is essentially the start of another one of those introspective practices for my past and future selves.

As I will mention, for years I was very skeptical of learning photography outside of my own first hand experimentation. When I decided to finally pursue and major in photography, I concluded that first I would have to make a truce with a past way of thinking. I envisioned a book as a symbol of this truce and reminder of the beauty found in change.

I compiled the book digitally, and by the time I finished, I had already started my photography classes and felt that the project had fulfilled its initial purpose; so I never printed it. Now, only a year later, I’ve decided to create more purpose for it by publishing it here. I now present to you:

An Amateurs Retrospect

Asynchronous Chronology