Challenge Gallery 32: Vanilla
I am my own worst critic.
I generally have a very clear picture in my head of what I want to create. But my photos rarely turn out exactly like I envisioned them. The limitations of my chosen medium, Second Life, ensures that I have to accept a final version of my work that’s different from my first idea. It’s difficult to let go of that first idea, and appreciate the end result. Since they are so different, I often think that the photo I’m actually able to create isn’t good enough.
I wonder if any artist can say that they’re able to create exactly what they see in their heads. Or perhaps the limitations of any medium- whether it be paint, charcoal or clay- needs to be accepted and appreciated. My mother is a painter, and she’s never really “finished” with a piece. A canvas will hang on her easel for months, and she may walk by and add a brush stroke once a week. I’ve seen her go back and move paint on a years old watercolor. I wonder if she’s forever trying to match the vision of her work in her head.
While it may not live up to the original photograph I see in my head, I hope to learn to accept that the work I’m doing is still good enough- for me. Because in the end, I’m the only critic that matters.
Before we get to our challenge gallery, the prompt for next week is, “Watch.” Make of it what you will.
Challenge Gallery 32: Vanilla
Coffee & Creme
by Michelle Hyacinth
Plain, but popular enough for me to need to keep a spare bottle on the shelf.
by Crap Mariner
Rude Vanilla
by LeeHere Absent
No Vanilla
by Cinnamon Ghoststar
Sorry Darling, but yes, your nickname of “Mr Softie” has proven itself…
by Shockwave Plasma
Vanilla Dreams
by Pancake Renoobed
Her Dating Profile Said “No Vanilla”
by Billy Dollinger
Hey! It’s mine!
by Mayala Loon
Lost in a Sea of Vanilla
by BridgetZ
Chocolate & Vanilla Swirl
by Michelle Hyacinth
Death by Vanilla
by Peep Sideshow
Sometimes vanilla is better than butterscotch
by Peep Sideshow
The taste of summers long gone
by Serendipity Haven
Sometimes I just feel vanilla . . .
by Stone Semyorka
Vanilla on Top
by Whiskey Monday
Vanilla in Context
by Botgirl Questi
Vanilla Sex
by Botgirl Questi
Really great images here. I drew a blank on vanilla an lookit what folks did with it!
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