an assignment?
return home from coney island with anne
For sometime now I have been trying to figure out an adventure I can take. An adventure that would move me into the path of life. Of what I want to do with my life. I think the plan has been stirring for quite some time. Since I read this book, then the feeling stirred again when I watched this on netflix. (both are fabulous by the way, I highly recommend them) But I am pushing too hard. Pushing too hard for an answer. I know the drill (well my drill)…the answer will come when I am ready. I guess I am not quite ready yet. Ready to go on my adventure.
I need an assignment. I do well with assignment. Even something as simple as photo tour. Something like my coney island day, but in a larger format. So would someone like to give me an assignment, or any ideas that you would like to see me undertake. Are you out there thinking, 'I really wish since Wendy lives in New York that she would see this…'
That is what I need to find out, what the this is for those of you out there that read…I can give prizes…for the winning choice…a robot softie…whatdoyathink?
August 28th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
i think the softies should do tours of all the major art spots in NY…. like art tourists
you are fantastic wendy - w/ or with out an assignement!
xoxo
August 28th, 2006 at 2:54 pm
I think you should go out ot Ellis Island and try to capture as many of the creepy things as you can Even though it’s a beautiful and clean museum, there are traces of the past stil intact. The hospital out there looks untouched but they won’t let you near it. Hmm, maybe you could find a way. Also, there is an island next to Rikers island that you can see from the ferry that goes by. It’s a huge crumbling building with vines growing all around it. AND in the story I was just reading, the Blackwell Island (where the insane asylum was) was on Roosevelt’s Island. So, I guess my assignment to you would be: capture the past and present on the islands surrounding nyc.
Ooo, fun!!
August 28th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
This is such a fantastic idea. I need creative stimulation…I love my job, but I need more in life…care for me to tag along? maybe we can do this together or inspire each other.
Smitten show this week?
August 28th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
i am thinking…
August 28th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
I think that taking along a penguin on your trip, whatever it be, would be a cute idea. I have seen this done before a few times, but it is great to see a repetitive figure going all over the place! I would love to see you visit the empire state building and take pictures of the trip there and took creative pictures using the angles of the building.
I love all of the ideas so far!
August 28th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
hi wendy,
i am right there with you. i like assignments too and am in the midst of trying to find a new career path. i recently figured out that i was taking pictures of doors perhaps because i am really wanting one to open right now. maybe you should join in and take photos of all of the beautiful, strange doors in nyc. sending good wishes your way. xo shari
ps; loved long way round….now i’ll have to check out your book suggestion.
August 29th, 2006 at 7:55 am
Ooh, I’ll put my thinking cap on - how exciting. I’m all for Lisa’s suggested tour of NY art spots… I’ve never been there! And as to the Long Way Round, I repeatedly watch it on dvd to relax… (with a little bit of envy thrown in too).
take care, g
August 29th, 2006 at 9:25 am
hi wendy,
I love your pictures and all this blog.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:38 am
Long Way Round was so wonderful, I hated to see the adventure end, but it seemed that in the last stretch though North America they tried to cram too much into 1 hour. My boyfriend + I often dream about a motorcycle (w/ side car) trip through Europe or China.
I am fond of processes, series, daily rituals, if you will. I have never been to NYC so I’m not quite sure what to suggest. Street food venders holding your robot or penguin? It might challenge you the way asking a cop to hold your softies on Coney Island did.
Good luck with your assignment, I look forward to seeing it unfold.
August 29th, 2006 at 10:33 am
Once, a long time ago when I lived in Queens, I saw a single pink rose delicately placed on a huge pile of garbage in front of a deli. I would have given anything to have had a camera with me. So my humble suggestion is “Hidden Beauty”…you certainly have an eye for it and I think it would be a fun thing to look for.
August 29th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Just discovered your blog through AbbyTrysAgain.
If you like that book you’ll love Tales of a Female Nomad. Check it out!
It inspired me and now I live in Prague. I wouldn’t be here without it. Honest.
August 29th, 2006 at 7:32 pm
I for sure know that assignment feeling, sometimes you need to be guided… Anyway, I am in with Jessica…let’s go on a trip!
August 29th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
i know this isn’t
new york…
but what about
a road trip
to DC?
i could suggest
some places
to check out!
lots of cute
little poses
next to
national treasures
await you!
August 30th, 2006 at 11:44 am
lisa s - major art spots…love that idea…I think I might head to the lions at the library
johanna - I have never been to ellis island, and I think maybe I could see it with really fresh eyes!
jessica - that would be fun, and give me an email when you are free to go to the show…out of town this weekend though…
lisa - any thoughts?
michelle - I haven’t been up to the empire state buliding in ages…great idea, thanks for stopping by!
shari - I love doors…and passageways and stairs…the idea that they all are leading to somewhere you don’t know.
gracia - total envy watching the show…they looked like they were having such an amazing life changing time.
namaga - thank you for stopping by and you nice words!
shona - I love they idea of a motercyle and side car, and I agree - north america seemed squished. But I was more than happy to see so much of parts of the world I never really think about…love the idea of street vendors…thanks
janel - hidden beauty…thank you, there IS a lot to find here
stylebits - wow prague…such a beautiful place…looks as though it belongs in the pages of a fairy tale. thanks for stopping by
daphne - we’ll have to set up a trip around the city…maybe instead of a sketchcrawl, we can do a photocrawl…
gwen - I have only been to DC once and it was such an easy trip…jumped on the train…and walked into my american history class from high school…
September 12th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
You could spend hours inside the Manhattan Fruit Exchange. Spend a little bit of time in front of each fruit or vegetable. Start at the back with the potatos and leeks and the other roots, then move through mushrooms, greens and into the fruit itself - citrus, apples, out towards the front door, ending with the stone fruits. Pictures would be nice. Or pie ideas. Or just some thoughts inspired by your prolonged exposure to produce.