I have been tagged for a meme by my friend Rebecca the mother of Amy’s long distance boyfriend, Jackson. A meme (pronounced /miËm/) is described by Wiki as any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Memes propagate themselves and can move through a “culture” in a manner similar to the behavior of a virus.
Thanks for giving me a virus Rebecca! Just kidding… I decided to use the opportunity to do something I have been meaning to get around to forever so I made a lightbox out of an old packing box, some masking tape and some white tissue paper. (I blatantly nicked this idea from the ever-brilliant Leah.) I set up a couple of lights and stuck my camera on a tripod and then shot some photos. The results were, hmm, ok. Not great, but then I did shoot the pics in a hurry and my lights are not great so this is definitely something I will play around with some more. Still, its fun to have an excuse to do something!
The premise of this particular virus, I mean meme, is to take 5 photographs of things you see around your house and then describe what they say about you.
1. This pic shows two things really, firstly, photos and secondly, family history. Both are things which I love passionately. These wedding photos of my parents and Ron and myself echo each other in a way that makes me happy deep inside. The photo of us was taken by a dear friend Myfanwy, it was unposed and spontaneous and is one of my very favourite from our wedding day. I love that it mirrors my parents photo taken 30 years before. I guess what this photo taken of photos says about me is that I treasure the past and place a lot of emotion around photos that mean something to me.
2. My passports. These were out on the kitchen table along with Amy’s Australian and British and Ron’s Australian passport. I needed them for some admin this week and haven’t put them back into their safe box yet. What does this photo say about me? That I am duplicitous by my dual citizenship, privileged by my birth and always excited by the opportunity to travel.
3. A collection of old pieces of silverware that were given to me by my grandmother. I adore family history such as this and treasure these items. Granny had a whole trunk of the family silver in the flat in Cardiff and was amazed that I was interested in it. She thought that a young person like me wouldn’t want to be burdened with bits of the past. On the contrary, I love tangible pieces of history. What does this photo say? That I collect things that have relevance to me.
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