All the things worth writing about are outside me. I'm a lens, not a source. And even if it's not always a comfortable journey, it's always a stimulating one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Being behind the lens gives me a completely different perspective, and because of my blog, I get to do projects and attend shows lending me another angle.
I like that it's challenging - that when I'm writing, I feel as if I'm pouring everything I have into the story until there's nothing left and I have to begin thinking about a new world and set of circumstances to research and explore.
Most of my interests in terms of writing are dark, so it's discordant how much I try to lock into the vibe of wherever I'm at. Inhabiting the life of the imagination is the nature of survival strategy - you build yourself little worlds to enjoy.
As a writer, you owe it to yourself not to get stuck in a rut of looking at the world in a certain way.
I think I'm drawn to writing about something which feels intense and important.
I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.
If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.
Because I've lived a risky and unconventional life, I don't often struggle for subjects to write about.
Increasingly, there are those of us who write from outside the center, and those are the writers that I'm most interested in because they bring me into worlds that I did not previously know. And that, as a writer, is what I try to create.
My truest passion is writing, so I continue to do that on my own while seeing what all the buzz is about being in front of the camera.