I’m late with this post, and although I don’t seem to have much to do these days I haven’t slept since yesterday and I’m feeling anxious about nothing, as usual. I’ve managed to finally perfect my list of resolutions, though, and this photo is one of the 52 self-portraits I’m supposedly going to take this year (I once attempted the 365 project and made it to day 3, so we’ll see). The editing here was simple enough to do, and the main difficulty I had was actually posing for the shots – the last clone I added in was of me pulling my hair up, a last-minute decision that replaced another clone sitting on the left side of the couch. I shot this one by mistake, but I soon realized it was the only shot that added depth to the image. All the other clones are posed in alignment with the couch, as I was more focused on the actions of each clone, making them look in communication with one another, etc. than anything else. So, I went with the random back-turned, hair-fixing clone. Once I finally replace my ink cartrige, I’ll print this for one of my journals – I promised myself that by the end of the year, I’ll compile the entire 52 weeks project into a 2010 book (even though I have 2 unfinished journals still to work on from previous years).
And now for the resolutions in their entirety (well, minus some others that I’m not going to post):
1. Read 50 books – my standard challenge. I’m on my third book of the year, having just finished Wasted by Marya Hornbacher and The Freedom Writers Diaries with Erin Gruwell. The second I enjoyed (despite my concerns about its authenticity and racial implications), and the first I’m not sure I’d recommend (seems like she wrote the memoir prematurely), though the parts that irked me the most were admittedly due to personal bias.
Also, I’m going to figure out why my booklog isn’t working so the books I read will actually show up somewhere on this site…
2. The 52 weeks project – explained above (Flickr group: here).
3. Finish the journal I’ve been “working on” (read: watching collect dust) and start my 2010 book.
4. Work on some of my eating habits and remember to take my vitamins/calcium… doc says it builds strong bones, who knew?
5. Sleep.
I love the way the picture turned out. The pose of you putting your hair up really completes it. I’m also going to try and read 50 books, though the past two years I didn’t reach either of my reading goals, which were less than 50. And I’m very interested in the 52 Weeks project, since I won’t even bother attempting the 365 days challenge. Sounds like you got some good stuff to do this year. :]