#picturesofwords

[marziesreads]

Proposed entry, Merriam-Webster Illustrated Dictionary: Windswept - wind·swept /ˈwin(d)swept/ adjective (of a place) exposed to strong winds. #picturesofwords #picturesofwordsofinstagram #windswept #lovethisevergreen https://www.instagram.com/p/CS_8IwrrT9y/?utm_medium=tumblr

[withoutayard]

Last toronto edition for awhile. Posted from abroad by a broad. Farewell, Toronto. You were too good to me in many ways...

[withoutayard]

Photos of words. Savouring Tarranna Edition.

[withoutayard]

[withoutayard]

Indeed.

#picturesofwords #nyc #martincreed #fineart #stairwaytoheaven (at Ace Hotel New York)

[nikhilav]

Online/Offline

Social Media has changed the way I interact with things I’m excited about. 

When I begin to realize that here’s something I would like to read, my mind immediately jumps to the Tweet that needs to go out sharing the find, mentally stacking up all the hashtags that would go with it. 

When the denim jacket I’ve been waiting for arrives in the mail, I try it on, admire myself in the mirror for two seconds, and start thinking about how I should stage the Instagram picture. 

Then when the awareness of this Social Media preoccupation hits, I start writing this, putting pen on paper, wanting to move away from the digital. As soon as I get in the flow, my mind starts wandering to how I would turn this into a blog post, if I should attach a picture of this write-up to show that I actually wrote it and other such questions. 

The answer (what was the question again?) is not to overthink and try to purge Social Media from the creative process. The answer is to create off-screen, offline, with pen and paper, with fingers moving from left to right, head bent down, spectacles perched on nose, inching down slowly. And then share what I created. Post pictures. Because at the end of the day, pics or it didn’t happen!