Life of Wry

Thought about it, picked out a new year’s resolution.  Following the lead of a few Facebook and Flickr friends over the years, I’m going to take a picture a day for a year. Starting today, January 1.  And I will do it through 2011, because, well, I’m tidy that way.

This has multiple benefits:

• It serves as a ready writing prompt.  My idea is to post a daily photo and–this is key–provide a caption.  The caption could be as little or as much as I like, but I’ve got to write something.   Once the photo is there, a caption should easily follow.  If moved, I could write more.  If not, just a caption.  No pressure, but I have to write something.

• Writing requires discipline.  I’ve been committed to writing for a couple of years, minus the discipline of actually doing it.  I’ve had this blog since, what, March 2009?  And I’ve got a handful of posts.  Without a thing, though–a goal, a project, a deadline, or whatever–writing for me seems not to happen.  So I’ve created a thing.

• The exercise of taking a picture daily might also cause me to look at the world more deeply… really see or think about things around me. We’ll see.  Would hope that it becomes just an extension of my day and not something contrived.  Will try not to get neurotic about it.

• By the end of the year, it might tell an interesting story.  Or at least a story of the year 2011.  The year in pictures.  Why not?

I thought about using Facebook or Flickr as the platform, but decided since it’s really more about writing, I’ll do it here.  I also gave some thought to setting up a separate “2011: Year in Pictures” blog, but decided, nah.. this is fine.  Right here’s good.

So, that’s what I’m doing.