I have always thought bloggers to be rather pathetic. What, nobody will listen to you in real life so you have to create an online profile in order to rant and feel important? It is, in essence, a narcissistic concept. And when one blog-browses, most of the narcissistic creators discuss banal activities such as the new shade of nail polish Revlon has released, or their puppy’s digestion problems (Really. http://www.kikislife.blogspot.com/). I constantly battle the urge to scream “WHO CARES!”. Sadly, many do. I think this is a bleak reflection of the state to which our society has deteriorated, where more people enjoy reading about topics such as Kiki’s toenails than about events that are going on in the world – after all, how on earth could a coup d’etat in Libya possibly concern them?
Now that I have crossed over to the dark and wordy world of blogging, I am determined not to even vaguely resemble the kind of vapid nonsense that appears on the pages of people like Kiki. This blog will be aimed at showing its readers the real world which is filled with the delightfully eccentric and the exquisitely humane. Little things that go on around us such as a homeless man feasting on Kentucky, a student rejoicing, a child sobbing. Although it is likely that the footage will be of something less clichéd and more realistic, such as tears of inebriated joy flowing down the face of a withered old homeless man while he glugs a bottle of old Brown Sherry. All of these things are more important and far more human than ranting about whatever drama is going on in one’s mundane existence and whilst they are not as serious as dealing with topics such as political upheaval in the Congo, they too are crucial elements of life. Life is about details and it is through attention to these that we compose the pictures that make up our world. Thus they should be captured, observed, reflected upon. As a journalist I hope that I will never miss the details in any situation because it is someone’s mannerisms when telling a story that so often can say more than what their mouths do. While I study here at Rhodes and learn all about the necessary factors of the profession – such as writing, research, blogging, I hope I never lose sight of the importance of the information hidden within the information. And I hope through photographing the often ignored facets of the world around us, the necessity of them can be revealed. The trivial is not the subtle curl of a human mouth but rather the superficial musings on which we waste so much of our time.
Now that I have crossed over to the dark and wordy world of blogging, I am determined not to even vaguely resemble the kind of vapid nonsense that appears on the pages of people like Kiki. This blog will be aimed at showing its readers the real world which is filled with the delightfully eccentric and the exquisitely humane. Little things that go on around us such as a homeless man feasting on Kentucky, a student rejoicing, a child sobbing. Although it is likely that the footage will be of something less clichéd and more realistic, such as tears of inebriated joy flowing down the face of a withered old homeless man while he glugs a bottle of old Brown Sherry. All of these things are more important and far more human than ranting about whatever drama is going on in one’s mundane existence and whilst they are not as serious as dealing with topics such as political upheaval in the Congo, they too are crucial elements of life. Life is about details and it is through attention to these that we compose the pictures that make up our world. Thus they should be captured, observed, reflected upon. As a journalist I hope that I will never miss the details in any situation because it is someone’s mannerisms when telling a story that so often can say more than what their mouths do. While I study here at Rhodes and learn all about the necessary factors of the profession – such as writing, research, blogging, I hope I never lose sight of the importance of the information hidden within the information. And I hope through photographing the often ignored facets of the world around us, the necessity of them can be revealed. The trivial is not the subtle curl of a human mouth but rather the superficial musings on which we waste so much of our time.
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