Alright, let me tell you about this little project I was messing around with recently. I’m calling it “i belonged to your world.” Sounds kinda cheesy, I know, but bear with me.
So, I started off by thinking about those moments where you feel totally out of place, like you’re on the outside looking in. I wanted to capture that feeling, not just describe it. My first step? Audio. I grabbed my mic and just started rambling. Stream of consciousness stuff, talking about feeling lost, disconnected, you know, the usual existential angst.
Then came the fun part: chopping it up. I used Audacity to rip apart the audio, cutting out phrases, words, even just syllables. I wanted to disassemble the original meaning and rebuild it into something…different. Something unsettling.
Next, I layered it. Copied and pasted those little fragments all over the place, overlapping them, speeding them up, slowing them down. It became this weird, echoing soundscape, like a broken record stuck on repeat.
Okay, audio was cool, but I needed visuals. I dug through some old family photos, the kind where everyone looks happy and normal. I selected a few that felt particularly…off. You know, the ones where someone’s smile seems a little too forced, or the background is just a little too perfect.
Then, I messed with them. A lot. I threw them into GIMP and just went to town. I blurred them, distorted them, played with the colors until they looked washed out and faded. I wanted them to feel like memories that were slowly disintegrating.
And here’s where it got really interesting: I combined the audio and the visuals. I imported the audio into a video editing program (DaVinci Resolve, in this case) and synced it with the images. But not in a normal way. I cut the images into short, jarring clips and matched them to the fragmented audio. The result was this unsettling, almost chaotic video that tried to express the feeling of not fitting in.
I added some text too. Short phrases, single words, flashing on the screen at random intervals. Things like “lost,” “alone,” “forgotten.” Just to emphasize the overall feeling of disorientation.
Finally, I exported the whole thing and uploaded it. Was it perfect? Hell no. But it was a step. A try. I’m still not sure if I fully captured what I was going for, but it was a really interesting experience digging around in that feeling and trying to externalize it. And honestly, that’s what matters most.
Lessons learned? Don’t be afraid to experiment. Embrace the chaos. And sometimes, the best way to express a feeling is to break everything down and rebuild it in a way that’s totally unexpected.
- Start with a feeling
- Experiment with different mediums
- Don’t be afraid to break things
- Trust your intuition
