Coastwork
An unplanned trip to Texel turned into a small field study of a coastline unlike any other. Being there, in the wind and water, brought back my fascination with the ocean and its edges.
Writing
A growing archive of observations on photography, movement, systems, creative work, and paying closer attention to the world.
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How to tell stories online
For years I thought I was simply exploring and taking photos. Only later did I realize I was repeating a pattern: go out, collect, return, interpret, publish, repeat. This issue maps the loop that turns wandering into a creative practice.
Mexico, a retrospective
A look at a country I like a lot, but no longer love. And "it's not you, it's me" I want to tell it, if countries had ears to hear it. Because it really is me and who I am today. But, who knows, another 10 years might do wonders.
Newer Topographics
Why take it upon myself to dedicate my time and energy towards a goal that isn’t even clearly visible from the beginning. Will it matter if I don’t? What do I contribute, do I want to contribute? Why? To what? Again, why?
It's all out there, right now
A good beach has white sand, they tell you. Preferably as finely grained as possible. Like a powder that's sprinkled on the edges of the land. The frosting on the cake, if you will.
The glorious, life-invigorating act of walking
When I first landed on Craig Mod's website and read he describes himself as a 'writer, photographer, and walker,' I was a little confused. What the hell does it mean to 'be a walker'?
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✦ April
094 | I sit down and I (don't) think
As I write these things, I sit down and don’t think about things too much.
That’s a lie.
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✦ April
093 | Textures
Textures. During documentation, focus on textures and patterns. Shoot wide,
shoot medium, shoot close, shoot textures.
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✦ April
091 | This week I'm sprinting (pt. 4)
Almost done! I did forget to add ‘do final checks’ to my to do list, which is a
lot more
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✦ March
090 | This week I'm sprinting (pt. 3)
More progress!
But... I also don’t want to talk about the project in depth anymore until it’s
done.
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✦ March
089 | This week I'm sprinting (pt. 2)
I still can’t think of a few proper words for the intro. I need something that
sets the mood
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✦ March
088 | This week I'm sprinting
My to do list from yesterday has now turned into this week’s sprint to get this
thing done. I
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✦ March
087 | My to do list for the coming week
I need to:
* design a cover
* write a few words for the intro
* find a font
* finalize the page layout
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✦ March
086 | How much of it really matters
How much of it really matters? I mean truly matter. My guess is, not much. Not
many things are worth
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✦ March
085 | I worked on my newsletter flow, maybe for nothing
Today I updated the sign up flow for my newsletter. I added two-step
verification and worked on the design of
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✦ March
084 | It’s amazing how much a little working out can make a difference
It’s amazing how much a little working out can make a difference. All I did was
two workouts this
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✦ March
083 | I have a name for the black & white squares photo project
Well won’t you look at that. All it took was an afternoon by myself in a
distraction-free environment. I
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✦ March
082 | A new (to me) way of doing a walk
The amount of unrest I felt yesterday could be fully attributed to my lack of
movement during the day. I
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✦ March
081 | A Tweet
I wanted to make a quick book of a couple of photos I shot over the winter but
felt like
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✦ March
080 | Stop playing games and read a book
While I did do some work on the book, most of my time today has gone to playing
GTA Online
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✦ March
079 | I'm happy to report peace presents itself
Nick Cave just said “we are fireflies trapped in the hand of a boy”. I take
another sip of my
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✦ March
078 | What’s up people from the internet
What’s up people from the internet. I just came up with an idea. And then
another one. Possibly even
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✦ March
077 | It's amazing how much six years can do (I went out again)
As I mentioned only the day before yesterday [https://mitchellens.ink/i-need-to-get-out-more-damn-it/],
I need to get out more. I also
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✦ March
076 | Three things each day
I’ve been feeling a little anxious lately so to combat that, I only allow myself
to do up to