As I delve deeper into street photography and writing, I find myself increasingly immersed in the unfinishedness of my creative processes. It’s a journey that’s deeply personal and constantly evolving.
I cannot explain why I do street photography and write texts. I do these things without a reason and aim. Undoubtedly, I do not want to earn money on it. I believe cash would distract me from the creative process. The truth is that I see my creative journey as a voyage without the destination, without its end. I wrote it once, and I will write it one more time: for me, it is a process that counts. That’s why I cannot imagine ending the www.adammazek.com project. I think I will never finish my creative process. That’s why today (I wrote this text on the 8th of August, 2024), I decided to write about unfinishedness.
In art history, there were many examples of unfinished paintings.
For instance, Zdzislaw Beksinski was one of the painters who frequently retouched and changed his paintings and often was not fully satisfied with the final result. I think I also will never be fully satisfied with all my artistic activities. Once I write and photograph something, I usually see that I can always do better. The same issue is with preparing sets of pictures, with “Living in Poland,” “Death,” and “Transience” at the forefront.
Considering I will be taking photos during the upcoming decades, I believe the process of adding new parts to the sets of pictures mentioned above (and others!) will be a matter of time.
Thus, I do not consider any of my sets of photos as a finished project because I know that, in the following years, I may take many photos so that subsequent parts of the sets of pictures will appear. That’s how artistic unfinishedness will remain with me until the end of my life.
Lovely post! I completely agree with you. The creative journey is never ending. It’s always evolving and changing. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Lina! Art is such a broad topic that it evokes associations with infinity. Undoubtedly, there is always something to photograph, write, sing… speaking shortly – express, so that there is space for each individual in a broadly defined world of creation. Also, it depends only on us whether we manage to create something out of nothing.