The Temple of Dysonism

The Future’s Not What It Used To Be

Photographs.

I was just talking to Lucy on the great wide internet, sorta bumming around on Facebook and the like when I glanced over at my photo section and realised I’m quite upset by the lack of photographs I have in recent times - both of myself, my friends, and the world. And it got me thinking. And talking. And writing.

I’ve always loved looking at photographs, I think. I mean I’ve never been actively enthusiastic of them as such.. but in the past few years with the rise of things like Facebook and Twitpic where everything is instantly shared and viewed over the internet in an instant, I’ve been subject to a lot more photographs of other people. And seeing these has made me realise that I don’t have many at all.

Back in the days of college people used to take a camera to all the social gatherings, and even in day to day life there would be photos to take and share. It’s a moment that can be captured instantly and shared with anyone to relive the experience. It’s something a little bit magical.

I suppose the argument would be that we’re growing up, so we don’t have time to take photo’s. Or even think about it. But remember the feeling when you used to grab a bunch of friends, pull a stupid face and have a photo taken - even if you “hated it”? There was always something to look at afterwards.

What I’m worried about is not having anything to look back on, or share with people. I go through what few photos I do have - Reading Festival, University, a handful of photos from work - and I’m instantly remembered the time it was taken, regardless of how long ago it was. I don’t want to look back and have this massive gap!

So to my friends, family, myself and whoever reads this thing. Take more photographs. Share them online. Print them out. Look at them. Don’t be afraid of having your photo taken. Enjoy it. Because you don’t want to be left in a situation where you go to look back at what you’ve done and you can’t see how you’ve grown, or changed, or what you got up to, or what the world looked like.

And please. Tag me in ‘em. Blurry or sharp. Under or overexposed. Wonky or framed. You know I wanna see ‘em all.