I wrote about my idea for a "new" New Years taking place on December 22 instead of January 1. Truthfully the idea came to me while watching a recent episode of "The Big C". In the episode the main character's, Kathy's, friend told her it was fitting he was dying on December 21st, since it was the darkest day of the year.
Have you ever thought about why we celebrate New Years when we do? Why was January 1st chosen as the veginning of the new year. By definition this date represents a beginning of something new. Our early ancestors based all their timing on the movement of the planets, changing of the seasons and most importantly the movement of the sun.
So why choose January 1st? If you think about it, nothing new happens on the morning of January 1, except that we are told it is the start of a new calendar year.
I have to be honest, my interest in photography was starting to falter a little bit over the course of end of August and September. I kept a small amount of interest alive by trying some new things like shooting film on old mechanical SLRs but in the end something was still missing.
That is one of the main reasons why I started going through all my old photographs from the past year and a half and began sharing my photography journey. I find it is always inspiring to see how far one's ability and talent has come and I was hoping this review of my photograph's would yield such results.
