My creative vision is changing. My photography has always been a contemporary inquiry into landscape, place, memory, narrative, and meaning. Much of my work has involved focus study of landscape and the notion of equivalence as investigated in the work of Minor White. The work has primarily explored equivalence in relation to emotion.
Through the years, I’ve explored various forms in my writing. I’ve settled into a style of using experimental form in my nonfiction work, and private study with Carole Maso allowed me to claim the use of that form less apologetically. I’ve explored form with my writing in the past few years in a way that I haven’t dared to explore with my photography.
As my vision changes, it has demanded that my creative vision change in relation to my photography. I haven’t found my place yet, haven’t found my form or style. The wide angle scenes rendered with sharpness no longer reflect the territory of my inner landscape as I continue to struggle to come to terms with a diagnosis of Fuchs Dystrophy. My changing vision has somehow given me the freedom and permission to explore more creative ways of investigating landscape, place, and meaning and the concept of equivalence.
Each day offers opportunity to deepen my study of Buddhism and practice of mindfulness and meditation. Each day invites me to more deeply explore the darkness and embrace uncertainty.
My vision is changing, and I haven’t yet found my place. For now, I’m exploring new concepts of landscape, place, and meaning.
Jen Johnson is a mindfulness teacher, therapist, and coach and a photographer and writer. She teaches meditation for healing and creativity. Learn more about working with Jen.