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You could write a poem about what you saw that day. Photography is just one kind of expression.

by williamcotton 3y ago

Kye 3y ago
I'm talking about photography as documentation, not art.
- williamcotton 3y ago
  How is a poem not documentation? How is a photograph not art? Rhymes are how epic poems were memorized before the advent of a form of writing capable of recording something of length. Put your experiences to light verse and musical accompaniment and you’ve got something even more memorable! Do you remember your photographs when you’re not looking at them? I remember my songs! I remember where I was when I wrote them and who I was around. I remember writing a song about the man who brought a shotgun to the roof of a hospital in SF and was killed by a SWAT team. I remember the song I wrote about the Google barge and the security guard I talked to there one night. I remember the song I wrote on a beach in Hawaii, the song I wrote about my hometown and the lackluster reunion ski trip that reminded me why I left my hometown. I don’t take many pictures and I don’t have the best memory, but I have vivid memories of the sights and sounds of the places I was when I was looking up and around and writing. Where I was decidedly not looking down at a device and rather living untethered and soaking in the world around me. I haven’t had a data plan on my phone for about 8 years and the primary reason is so that I can observe and experience!
  - Kye 3y ago
    >> "How is a poem not documentation? How is a photograph not art?" I'll just stop you there. You've either misunderstood me or really want to get into the philosophy of recording ideas, and I do not. I have a way of recording memories that works for me. Let's leave it at that and move on.
    - williamcotton 3y ago
      For sure, you can do whatever you like. I’m just pointing out that there are more options than just taking a photograph. Some might be more memorable, if that’s your intent.
justin66 3y ago
Imagine living in a village where people use law to dictate garbage like this.
thiht 3y ago
Pass.
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You could write a poem about what you saw that day. Photography is just one kind of expression.

Kye 3y ago

I'm talking about photography as documentation, not art.

williamcotton 3y ago
How is a poem not documentation? How is a photograph not art? Rhymes are how epic poems were memorized before the advent of a form of writing capable of recording something of length. Put your experiences to light verse and musical accompaniment and you’ve got something even more memorable! Do you remember your photographs when you’re not looking at them? I remember my songs! I remember where I was when I wrote them and who I was around. I remember writing a song about the man who brought a shotgun to the roof of a hospital in SF and was killed by a SWAT team. I remember the song I wrote about the Google barge and the security guard I talked to there one night. I remember the song I wrote on a beach in Hawaii, the song I wrote about my hometown and the lackluster reunion ski trip that reminded me why I left my hometown. I don’t take many pictures and I don’t have the best memory, but I have vivid memories of the sights and sounds of the places I was when I was looking up and around and writing. Where I was decidedly not looking down at a device and rather living untethered and soaking in the world around me. I haven’t had a data plan on my phone for about 8 years and the primary reason is so that I can observe and experience!
- Kye 3y ago
  >> "How is a poem not documentation? How is a photograph not art?" I'll just stop you there. You've either misunderstood me or really want to get into the philosophy of recording ideas, and I do not. I have a way of recording memories that works for me. Let's leave it at that and move on.
  - williamcotton 3y ago
    For sure, you can do whatever you like. I’m just pointing out that there are more options than just taking a photograph. Some might be more memorable, if that’s your intent.

justin66 3y ago

Imagine living in a village where people use law to dictate garbage like this.

thiht 3y ago

Pass.

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