You know when you’re camping, and it’s late fall, or perhaps winter, and you’re all snug and warm in your sleeping bag? You don’t want to get out, because you know that it’s coooold outside. So, you stay longer in the tent than you should when you have to make a visit to the trees in the middle of the night . And in the morning, you hope that your friend is an earlier riser than you are and that they will start the fire and the coffee first.
Well, my life is like camping right now. Every day. First, it’s cold. At home, in the office, and when I’m in my Nepali class with my tutor. Second, when it’s dark outside, it’s dark everywhere. We’re now up to 12 hours of (day time) load shedding.
I also have lots of time to think in the moment. Specifically, I have been thinking recently that things that – just months ago – seemed so foreign, or different, or unusual now are a part of my every day.
To keep my thoughts and creativity from also freezing, I’ve decided to do a short series of photographs of these ordinary, everyday things that are integral in my life and daily routine these days.
Above:
Cooking with propane on a 2 ring burner
Boiling water
Candlelight, homemade sweets given to me by a neighbour, and my work notebook
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