Foreword

Greetings! I'm Molly. This is my first blog experience and I'm pretty dang excited about it. There are a variety of reasons why I've decided to embark on this pseudo-assignment.
I'd like to make it clear that I am not an aspiring photographer, and I don’t pretend to be. Some of my closest friends and family are exceptionally talented in that area, but I can’t say it has ever been a genuine passion of mine.
Onto business. Recently, many of my Facebook friends caught my attention with albums titled “30 day challenge”, in which they followed a list of topics via photos that defined them. All of this for a period of - you guessed it - 30 days. I wanted to pursue this in my own way by making my own ‘list’. (Side note, I have planning this for the past few weeks; likely driving my roommate crazy by scrawling ideas onto paper in the middle of the night.) Regardless, I am excited for my ideas to come to fruition, and truly hope it turns out the way I have been imagining it. I invite you to leave comments on anything I post. I have always been a firm believer that knowing what everyone else thinks, does, in fact, matter. It puts things into perspective and allows us to be well-rounded individuals, which is definitely a quality I would hope to be recognized as.
One primary hesitation I have about this project is ultimately how self-centered it is. Completely. It can be chalked up to self-expression, art, or anything else… but in the end, things like this are primarily concerned with “me” and “I”. I struggle with this in an age of social media. Since the time I had a Myspace at age 16, I began this practice (we began this practice) of showcasing ourselves and finding endless ways to portray how unique we were. With Facebook and Twitter, I find it to be a double-edged sword. I want everyone to see… and yet, I don’t want anyone to see. Sometimes, all I really want, all I really need, is an outlet to mass-communicate my rawest emotions on a medium where no one is guaranteed to see it.
So…yes; with this project, I admit to being yet another self-dissecting 20-something. But I was programmed this way, and I have discovered a lot of important things as a result. This is about being honest with myself, regardless of all outside influences. This isn’t for you or for them, this is for me. It’s a time capsule. How will I feel tomorrow? In a week? a month? A year? Only time will tell.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Day 1: I really believe

that sometimes it doesn't matter how smart (or otherwise) I am, or will ever become.


I will always place a high importance on my ability to empathize and feel for others. 
I once took the Myer's Briggs test, and for those of you who are unfamiliar, it is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences for the way in which individuals perceive the world and make decisions.  There is a specific section that outlines whether you are a 'thinker' or a 'feeler'. When I received my results, I discovered that I had scored as many 'feeler' points as possible, and my 'thinker' results were on the meager side. Regardless what this might suggest about my 'thinking' with regard to intelligence, I was happy with my results; pleased. I felt it described me perfectly.
Heart over head, any day.
Heart over head, every day.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 2, 2011 at 5:00 AM

    Beautiful, Molly. I love this idea! Curious, what are the rest of your Myer's Briggs results? xoxo

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  2. Kathy BlumenbergMarch 16, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    I am heart over head for sure. What a beautiful photo.

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