Today (I wrote this text on the 22nd of September, 2024), I will provide some insights regarding the progress of my street photography.
Sometimes, I wonder and doubt whether I am evolving in terms of taking pictures of Warsaw’s streets. It is hard to judge myself. Still, I do not think I have made unbelievable progress in photography art. Do I consider this fact something wrong? No. For me, it is a process that counts. The truth is that as long as walking/rucking and picturing everything that catches my eye brings a lot of joy to my soul, I won’t care too much about the progress of my street photography. I do not want to become the best photographer ever. Perhaps I want to be the most prolific one.
Still, I do not care about comparisons to other artists.
I want to be simply not the best. The older I am, the more I hear that we should make progress in everything we do. I do not know it. Perhaps people who write it have the right. Still, I want my artistic activity to be where I do not have to do anything except things I want to do. Thus, I do not care whether I have progressed in street photography. I would say that I have similar thoughts regarding writing. It is hard for me to judge whether I made progress in writing in a foreign language, English.
Still, as long as I feel the desire to write, I will be doing it, no matter the progress and number of readers visiting my site. I cannot precisely explain why I do all the things mentioned above. I wrote many posts about this topic, but I did not manage to explain it. What I do know is that my creative pursuits are not about achieving a certain level of skill or recognition, but about the joy and fulfillment they bring me. Luckily, I do not have to report my creative activities to anyone.
