Week in Review - March 23rd - 27th, 2026

Long week, final photography project, and domain change

Once again back for another week. 

It's coming up to the final few weeks for classes in the semester. As much as I am relieved, it definitely feels bittersweet. This semester has probably been one of my best, both for the art that I have created and the history I have learned. I've really enjoyed working with photography again, as the last solid time I did photography projects such as this was in my first year of university. This semester has really solidified photography as a medium for myself. I've had many conversations about this, actually. I used to want to pursue painting as my focus, but I've never had a painting that I felt 100% happy with. With photography, I've had a lot of pictures that have the success I wish I could get from painting. I do like both for different reasons, but ultimately I think photography fits my style as an artist more. Before my next year in university, I need to choose at least one discipline to go into at a higher level (one from a list of six disciplines - design, drawing, sculpture, print media, painting, or photography). When I go to select my courses, I have to make  the choice between painting and photography to take for a full school year. Though I do feel mixed on painting, the full session course grants you a studio space for the duration of the course, and I have always wanted something like this. For my enjoyment, I think that I will end up taking photography. 

 

The trip down the train line went extremely well! The many people I asked for photographs were very kind and surprisingly receptive to the idea of my project. I did get a few rejections, but that was to be expected. It's definitely a weird ask! I met a multitude of very interesting people. Getting over that initial anxiety towards talking to strangers was difficult, but the time flew by eventually, and I was done before I knew it. I will include some of my favourite answers to my question "if you could say one thing to the world, what would you say?" at the end of my post. Everyone I asked gave such unique and personalized answers. I am currently working on finding a layout for my photo book. It's a bit difficult, seeing as I have a few too many images for a traditional zine style layout. It's a tough thing to figure out, but it will pay off in the long run hopefully. (When I wrote this, I hadn't completed the layout, but I have now! It looks wonderful, and I have sent it in to be printed!) I am excited to see what all my classmates have put together for their final work. I know the friend that took images of me is using one where she put me in a... very strange outfit, for lack of a better description. 

 

As for my domain change, that was not planned. Someone ended up leaving a few nasty comments on my last post, and I want to avoid that in the future. I changed my domain to avoid this specific person, so hopefully I won't have to do so again. This domain, 'Harmonious Hivemind,' is another name I have used before, so I thought it more fitting than my old one. 

I will unfortunately be leaving this post short, as I have a lot to work on this week. Since it is the end of the semester, a lot has piled up for me to finish up. I am a master procrastinator, so hopefully the singular day I have left for myself to complete everything will be satisfactory.  

 

  

Make it a wonderful week. I will be doing the same.

S.B.