Just like to coin a new word here: shutterblock. I suffer from it. It is the equivalent of a writer’s block. Like an author can stare at a blank sheet of paper for hours (or days, weeks, months) without writing anything, I can pick up my camera, hold in my hands and not take any pictures. For a couple of hours, days, weeks, months. I’m stuck and don’t know what to do about it. It’s even worse. Where I could read about photography in the past or visit exhibitions, this seems to have come to a complete halt as well. Lack of interest. Haven’t really heard of other people that have experienced similar symptoms. Haven’t heard of a cure, like a medicine or therapy, either. I even had to set myself to write this post. Cowerdly postponed it until the last day of the month. It’s serious.
I’m going to attend this evening’s mentoring program session. To explain my problem. Feels like an alholic going to his first AA meeting: “Hello, my name is Reinier and I don’t like taking pictures”. Something like that.
Keep visiting this blog if you want to know how it develops. Keep in mind, this might be te last post here…
If it sounds familiar or you have suffered a similar illness, please feel free to reply. I’m open to any remedy.