jeremybrake

Are We Seeing the Same Thing?

Hello everyone! Today I want to write about photography interpretations. I read somewhere that photography is one of the few universal languages, everybody speaks photographs. I love photography because it can transport the viewer into another place in time, into another place in the world. But photography is ambiguous, it inherently lacks concrete expression, it can say something a little bit different to everyone. Lots of people will look at a beautiful landscape photograph and […]

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My New Passion for Writing

Hello everyone! I’ve been doing a lot of writing recently, not just about my life or about photography but writing everything that comes to mind, book ideas, movie ideas, theater ideas. One day I want to achieve at least one of these things. I really feel like writing is becoming a new creative outlet for me just as much as photography. All because one day I decided I wanted to start this blog. It’s funny

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Why I Love Blogging

I freaking love blogging. I love writing, and I love forcing myself to come up with something every week. It’s a fun challenge to try to make a cohesive blog post every week. It’s easy to feel as though I understand my thoughts and ideas, but once I try writing them down it’s kind of like a second filter to make sure I truly understand what I’m feeling and trying to say. This has helped

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Fighting for Art/Overcoming Nihilism

Earlier this morning I was overcome with a sense of meaninglessness. Nothing I did mattered, nothing I could do would have any effect on anything. I’ve been thinking about what the purpose of life is for as long as I can remember, and the universe sadly denies me this luxury. Part of the journey is simply going out and trying to find (or perhaps “create” is a better word to use) some shred of meaning

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