Prompts and Ideas for 365

Three hundred and sixty five days is, well, a lot of days. It's only Day 5 and I'm already feeling a bit overwhelmed so I thought asking around for some prompts and ideas would be a good way of getting a hold on this project. While there are several sites and groups dedicated for just such a thing I thought it better to ask friends and the love of my life, Harlock.

Harlock suggested following the model set out in the film, The Five Obstructions. A really great and interesting film about Lars Von Trier trying to challenge Jorge Leth by setting out five obstructions that Leth must work with while remaking segments of his film, The Perfect Human. Each obstruction is designed to push Leth to his artistic and even emotional limit and in the end the two men come out of it with a better understanding of art and of themselves. After seeing the film I was a little less eager about having Harlock set down obstructions for my photo project but anxious to try it anyways. Harlock can be....well a little cruel when it comes to such things but that cruelty is meant to push one to the limit and, as I understand it, if he has no faith in the artist he doesn't even attempt to push you to any kind of limit.

While he didn't set down obstructions he did develop some really great and, at first glance, limiting criteria inspired by the film. (I'm a lucky gal for having such a great and awesome man)


IDEAS SET DOWN BY HARLOCK


- Take two photos of the same subject/location emphasizing a contest between nature/civilization; one photo should imply that nature is the victor, the other should imply the opposite (but the photos must be of the same thing!)
- Stirring tea, and being stirred by the tea. 
- Something flying, but with its sense of flight destroyed by your composition.
- Something close to death. 
- A photo taken while you are crying. 
- At least partial nudity of yourself. 
- A photo of something which you destroy immediately after taking the shot. 
- A photo of something unaware that you are photographing it, and for which you might get in trouble if you were detected. 
- A photo of a reflection of the actual subject/object. 
- A photo of something the literal reality of which is obscured/indiscernible, but which is undeniably pleasant to look at in terms of color, composition, etc. An "abstract" photo.


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The problem now lies in choosing which one to do first. I suppose I can go in order but a few of these are a little intimidating.