An Online Experience in Writing about Your Photographs
I want to help bring to life a world where people live – and photograph – from a place of wonder, possibility, enchantment, and beauty; grateful for the miracle of life. How you see or interpret any type of visual or written art are clues as to what’s most important to you and how you connect with the world. That’s why I’ve chosen 13 of the writing exercises from the popular online workshop, Once Upon a Time: Photographs have Stories to Tell, and created an on-demand experience for you, available as a PDF through Gumroad. You’ll …
* Choose 10 or more photographs to work with.
* Explore those images using 13 writing exercises that are playful and fun. These exercises engage your curiosity and imagination, and magically reveal the essence of each image.
* Discover themes and patterns in your work that might lead to potential projects.
* Select 5 core photographs and write a personal statement.
After completing the exercises, you’ll …
* Decide which visual journaling practices work best for you and make a plan for continuing the process.
* Have greater confidence in creating and sharing your photographs and in articulating what they mean to you.
* Be more self-aware as your thoughts, emotions and photographic voice become visible in the photographs you create.
Note: This course is a condensed version of an online workshop offered several years ago with co-facilitator, Sally Drew, called Once Upon A Time: Your Photographs have Stories to Tell.
How the Content is Delivered
The price of the course is $10 USD, purchased through Gumroad. Once payment is received, you’ll immediately receive a link to download the PDF. I suggest printing out the worksheet pages to do by hand. Note: The PDF’s were beautifully designed by my daughter, Kelly Ort.
Learn More about Visual Journaling
What’s Your Line? Lines as Symbols in Photography – An exploration of the meaning of lines and what they mean in my own photography.
Photographs with Soul – tell a story or express an emotion or universal theme.
Outline
Introduction – Choose your Photographs
1 Ask Questions
2 The Concept
3 Associations
4 Metaphor & Symbol
5 Image Descriptions
6 Intuitive Writing
7 Visual Language
8: Emotion
9 Listening & Poetry
10 Voice
11 Storytelling
12 Why do you Photograph?
13 Themes and Patterns
Conclusion and Reference Guide
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Transformation is a journey and a return. The path is filled with ruts and mud and pull outs. Not instant. Not sweet and easy. In terms of this course, although I had long ago explored these ideas and thought I had been transformed, I discovered that I had lost touch with much of the light during a time of painful, personal darkness. For me, the primary effect of the assignments in this course was the beginning of the cracking of the ice surrounding my heart and the understanding that I could be transformed should I choose to do the work required.