Ever heard of writer's block. Its a debilitating thing that attacks, probably, every writer at some point or another. Well the same thing happens to artists and photographers. We hit walls. Sometime we even think--well maybe thats it--maybe I've taken my last good photo. I'd say I go through this at least once a week, briefly and I have longer moments a few times a year. I can't explain it, but sometimes you just don't find your photograph. It is interesting. I keep a few different picture of the day sites going. One for my newspaper work, this one with Harmony and I post daily images taken with my cell phone to facebook and twitter etc... Some days I'm feeling pretty good about all three areas of my photography...somedays I'm only happy with one and some days I'm not to thrilled with any of them. But what I am finding is that at least I'm making and working through the ideas and even though I really could use a break and maybe spend time doing nothing but working in my gardens...I think it is this discipline that helps me overcome this 'photographer's block'. The other day I realized I had really taken a picture that i like with my cell phone and decided to spend some time looking around to make something before going to bed. I will go back through my old photos and drawing and paintings and re-document them to see if I can get something new out of it. The results might end up being a history of me piece--perhaps for next years faculty show. This is exciting to work towards something even though it can be daunting at times. I think a piece made entirely using my phone and just gathering my thoughts and things i see daily might end up having some sort of documentary power. A piece that a friend of mine did a few years ago--before she was a friend actually has always stuck with me. Sue Buck did a sabbatical piece in photography because she had just gotten a new camera and was happy as can be making photographs. I'm not sure I'll be able to fill up the wall space that she did, but I really like the idea. Right now I'm making 5x5 prints to see if this idea will look like it might work. If not it at least helps keep me from photographers block and gives me a personal project to keep the mind moving forward instead of stagnating. Photographs by Richard Sayer.