My name is Rachael Ashe. I am a visual artist, currently living in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Day 14: What to do at the end of a busy weekend
Day 15: Red shoes
Day 17: While the city burned
These are my favorite self portraits from last week. Today I shared number twenty-two which will bring me one portrait closer to the end of this project, which is good because I’m running out of steam.
Day 9: Lovely bones
Day 10: Shadows on the wall
Today I will be shooting a self portrait for day fifteen. Time sure flies and here I am already half-way through this thirty day project. Maybe next month I will do a second thirty day project of shooting a portrait a day for a month…
The previous couple of weeks I’d been getting myself into a very unhappy state of mind. I haven’t been feeling good about myself with many doubts and insecurities eating away at my self-confidence. I’ve also been in a rut creatively since I finished working on the fairy tale altered books. For me, self-confidence and creativity go hand-in-hand.
I think I’m a lot burnt out after a very intense year with too much stress and not enough vacation, and then I started a new part-time job. And while the new part time job is terrific and challenging, it means art and creativity get much less time than I’d like to dedicate to them.
To give myself something good to focus my energy into I decided I needed to get the creative juices flowing and begin a small project. I’ve chosen to do one self portrait a day for the next month. I started shooting a week ago today and I’m already at day 8 of the series.
Day 1: Losing My Head
Day 2: A Moment In The Sun
Day 4: It’s Raining
Click through to flickr to view the rest of the series so far.
Some of the photos have been more creative than others, but it all depends on how much time I have available each day. I’m really enjoying working on this series so far.