Paul Riley
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Seven Deadly Sins
so this was my shoot for my Seven Deadly Sins class. The sin was Pride. and i was going for “School Pride”. I don’t think I quite got it though. The lighting is exactly what I wanted but the concept isn’t exactly what I wanted. But yea, here they are…
a little insight
so i was looking through my blog and I realized that it’s been quite a while since I gave an update about something real or an insight to me. and after all thats what THIS blog is for. if you want to check out my pictures please feel free to click here. if you want to see what i’ve done for school projects feel free to click here. but now… for a little insight.
i’ll be honest. this has been a rough 3 weeks. i finished my first quarter at Portfolio Center and the very night I did my final critique my granddad died. now i should say he’s not my biological grandfather. but my dad’s father passed away before I was even born. and when i was born a family in our church loved to babysit me so much that they practically adopted my family. every year till i was in highschool i spent at least 3 or 4 weeks out of the year at their house. so i then went up to ohio and spent 4 very long days. it was pretty tough. God has blessed me by not having many people in my life die. like i just mentioned my real grandfather was gone before i was born. and my dad’s mother passed when i was pretty young. (both of my mom’s parent’s are still alive and i’m actually living with them at the moment in Atlanta) And other than that it’s just been very distant relatives. never anyone close. so this was a big change for me. i can’t tell you how many hours we spent riding bikes and playing in the snow. i’m definitely going to miss him.
and from there i made a mistake. i let go of someone incredibly important to me. and after i did so, i realized how much i didn’t want to. unfortunately things had already been set in motion. and in my regret of letting go, i spent a lot time trying to un-do what i had done. and to no avail. it’s like running into a fire hydrant and then trying to cover up what you did by putting all the water back in. it just doesn’t work. and as much as it pains me to walk away from it, i’ve fully realized that i have to (sticking with the metaphor) get back in the car and just drive away. the worst part is that my car will forever have a dent in it.
i’m not really sure why i wrote this. and i’m not really sure why i’m posting it. i guess i just needed to get it off of my chest.
