Text Britt-Arnhild Wigum Lindland
Photos and words. Photos. Words. My blog is a combination of both. I like it this way. I like to seek motives, I like to share my best shots, I like the way images inspire me to to find the right words, inspire a story, give life to thoughts. I will keep on blogging with a combination of words and images. It is a way to express myself which I have learned to love.
But rules are here to be broken, aren't they? And as much as I like the combination of photos and words, I clearly see their limits. Take my photos for example. When I give them words I easily limit your thoughts to follow my thinking, I limit your chance to freely make up your own story. My words, how easy isn't it to colour my words with my photos, to lead you to read my words in the direction I set?
As long as I use photos to inspire my own writing, I don't have to search for words. The colours, lines and impressions in the photos do that for me. I admire authours, artists, who paint with their words only. Their words are transformed to landscapes in my mind, in my heart. Transformed to colours, feelings, fragrances.
When I started my blog more than six years ago, one of my goals was to make it a place where I could practice my English (it might soon be time to start an Italian blog.......) Over the years it has also become a place to show my photos, get feedback, work on this visual way of expressing myself.
I wonder if the time has come to work on my ability to express myself through words only. Will my readers still follow me the days I post without photos? What about photos only, if I post wothout words? There will still be the good old combination of course, with photos and words. Most days will still have both.
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Using words only, to express myself, will be a challenge. It might make me more vulnerable. More of my inner feelings might be exhibited.
Am I ready?
Do I dare?
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.......and will my readers still be there?
