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Creativity and New Media

I have always been drawn to photography, music, lyrics, poetry, fiction writing, etc. All these things have helped me to express myself in ways that I never would have imagined possible. Especially in times where things weren't always the best, I turned to creative ways to say what I wanted to say without actually saying a word to anyone in specific. I know it's not healthy to keep emotions bottled up inside so some new media forms have given me a way to actually say things and feel like someone might be listening even if no one actually is.

I haven't been really active on my social media platforms lately due to work and school, but for this assignment I chose to post one of my photos captioned with some of the lyrics that I wrote on Instagram. The picture below is of myself taking a picture while I look outside into the rain. I really enjoy this picture and I'm extremely proud of it because it looks surrealistic and really captured how I was feeling in the moment. I captioned it with: 

"Tears falling like the rain 

Because the pain is normal now 

I guess if I wasn't crying 

Then I'd just be lying" 

I tend to shy away from sharing any original work of mine. I overthink too much and by posting it just gives me another reason to overthink. However, new media gives me opportunities to get feedback from my followers which can help me later when I am taking photos and writing. 





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