Being Silly

Kids do and say whatever they want because they haven’t learned to filter their feelings and thoughts. It’s of course both a good thing and a bad thing. No one likes when someone is overly aggressive, selfish, and rude. However, sometimes a really good part of ourselves gets stifled because the world disagrees with it - the genuine and silly part of ourselves.

Perhaps we want to look professional, be noticed, and be respected by someone, and so we slowly change ourselves into what we think that someone deems to be acceptable. But do other people matter that much? Is an opinion more important than what’s genuinely inside of you? Perhaps a career change is needed if we feel that we need to fit a certain mold, so as to fit in to an environment.

Sales people are crazy. They want you to believe that a product is necessary for your survival. We don’t more than air, water, and food for survival, but I’ve seen people try to sell to me that they’ve had the answer to my happiness. I used to be quite good at sales because I knew how to look for what a customer needed and play into that. It’s not like I was gaming them, I actually sold to them what they wanted. However, I began to think on a deeper level – not what people want, but what people need. I quit sales because there was no product I could dedicate myself to standing behind.

I want to be me, I want to do what I like, and I want to share my silliness with other people. It’s not always easy because it’s tough to get rejected for being unique. However, the world needs variety, not carbon copies of whoever is popular walking around. We need people to take a chance, be creative, and be themselves, while, of course, being respectful of others. There’s a difference between being honest and being a jerk.

Photography can be boring if I fall into the routine of doing the same poses in the same places. I want to feel the energy of a couple or family and play off of it. The same poses that work in one session don’t always translate to the next. We were made to be ourselves – we ought to respect the way we were made and be exactly who we are without shame of acceptance or not.

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