First Post on the New Site

Ever since discovering street photography, for the first time ever, I feel like I have real control of my life. Before any of this it felt like I was never able to make my own choices. Society, family, friends and tradition telling you the clothes to wear, food to eat and career to get into. 

Photography is my main platform of sharing how I view the world. But photography is still just one small sliver of life and don't want it to completely define me as a person.

There's still so many things in life that I want to do aside from photography. There's still so many books and films to see that I've missed out on all these years. Many of life's hidden gems has been piled over by current affairs, social media trends and mainstream news. I want to be like that kid who turns over those stones to see what insects or snakes are hiding underneath.

The same way I'm sharing interesting moments through my photography, the purpose of this website is to share other interesting things that I have crossed paths with that you might find meaningful as well.

I had a website early on but was using it for the wrong reasons. Every artist had a website and encouraged rising artists to create a website so I just followed the crowd without thinking about the *why do I need this* part. Yes, having a website is cool, but if you don't have a clear purpose of having one, use free social media sites to promote yourself.

My purpose of having a website now? 

It's not going to help make money. Nor will it help boost my following count. I want to be authentic as possible to whoever sees my content but most importantly myself. Years will accumulate and when I look back at everything I captured on camera or thoughts typed in a blog post, was I true to myself or doing it because it was the market trend of that time?

Maybe one day I'll start to sell something on here but for right now I just want this to be a public journal of my thoughts, write about random stuff and maybe it might help or someone struggling with becoming an artist or in life in general.