I always want to be there for the people I care about, but I can’t help but feel like my hands are tied and I can’t fix anything and I’m drowning in my own misery. It’s almost as if everything is chosen for me, like fate or destiny, and it drags me down and I…
In April 2019, my husband and I moved to Abu Dhabi and lived there for exactly 11 months. We moved back to Ajman (where I’m from) March 2020. Our little apartment on Reem Island was our sanctuary. It was the first place we called home together, the first place that was entirely our own. There…
It’s not black and white. I thought I had to define myself with one thing. People said have a niche so you can stand out. Find something you love and stick to it. But what happens when passions change and curiosities grow? I did conceptual photography for a few years, it was my therapy. But…
I can’t wait to look back over the last year and a half and laugh at how my work has taken a deep, deep plunge. I haven’t been able to create like I used to, I haven’t been able to write like I used to, I hate almost everything I create, and I’m just stuck. I…
My computer died. I have everything backed up but for about 4 days I did not know what to do with my life. I couldn’t edit, update my blog, or do any work. It’s crazy that our whole lives depend on those machines. I’ll spare you the details of the painful recovery process (recovering my…
Sometimes I create images that suck, and that’s OK. I’m falling behind on the 52 Week Project, I’m not gonna sit here and make up excuses though cause all there is to it is bad time management. But because I fall behind, I rush to create something.. which ends up kinda awful. The last two themes for…
Who knew that smashing mirrors can be so much fun? Sticking up shards of glass with rubber garden gloves, however, is not. When I chose the theme “chaos”, I knew that I wanted to create something that would reflect inner chaos, and that’s why I chose to use a mirror. Initially, I wanted the…
I loved this week’s theme. There were so many images I wanted to create but decided to focus on one. I want to walk until the road and I become one I want to go back but there is no way for me to turn around I can only go straight from here I can…
What was I thinking choosing “dawn” as a theme? I’ll tell you what I was thinking: my mind is totally blanking out, that means I MUST choose it! I’ll challenge myself! Yeah.. not the best idea haha. I couldn’t think of what to do and when I did, I did not have time to edit…
Amani AlShaali 