'How hard could it be?', I thought to myself. 'All you have to do is post pictures of accentuating color schemes and tone (use filters to achieve the effect, if necessary). It could be anything, as long as the schemes match,' was what I deluded myself to believe. Effortless... my ass. Maybe I lacked focus and concentration (probably), I could only stick to a "theme" for a maximum of 3 pictures (which I spend hours upon hours on trying to coordinate). Maybe I don't take enough pictures and so I never have enough that coordinate with each other. Maybe I don't go out to interesting places on a regular basis to actually have plenty of cool shots to showcase (the hard truth, right there). Maybe, I'm just not a good photographer nor artist to actually be decent at creating aesthetics... nahhhhhh, I doubt it 😂. To be honest, as superficial as this whole business is, it bothered me for a while. Everyone else posted great pictures on Instagram that coordinated well with each other. They could pose well in front of the camera. They posted interesting photos of boring and mundane things complete with vague captions and they still looked aesthetic. Aesthetic. Since it bothered me that I couldn't do something that everyone else seem to do on a regular basis, I talked to my friend about it and her response was, "Well, I don't really care. I just post about stuff I love and stuff I want to post. I don't think about whether it looks good or not, it's the memories that I want to share." And those, my dear readers, are words of wisdom. Print it on a shirt and wear it everywhere with the hashtag #Savage. Having said those things, it's pretty clear at this point what the take-away message of this post is. Do not be afraid to be spontaneous. Life is dynamic. Memories are dynamic. Spontaneity rules. Multidimensional rocks. And that is why 3D movies cost more than 2D in the cinema. Be expensive; don't box yourself in (get it? because Instagram photos are like boxes? No? Okay...). SO, have I given up on Instagram aesthetics? I guess so. Will I attempt it again? Hell yeah BUT with my own kind of aesthetics: spontaneous and creative-- like the 'Veni, Vidi, Vici' post I did. Do you still appreciate Instagram aesthetics? Of course, I do. No hate; just because I've given up on it, doesn't mean I have the right to judge people who do it. In fact, tops to those people! I can confirm that that shizz is hard work even when some accounts make it look so effortless like... Look at that consistency! Damn! @soonmoo_cat never disappoints. I'm your no.1 fan! (Let's keep this between us though, okay? I don't want Arima thinking that I'm cheating on him.)
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