walden pond

This past Saturday I made an impromptu trip to Walden Pond with Iris and Erica. The only other time I've been was almost two years ago, at the beginning of fall semester junior year when things in my life were much warmer. The pond was frozen this time and from how the weather has been this past week, it might still be. There's something extremely invigorating about walking on top of a frozen pond knowing that there is a chance the ice will crack, but that you choose to keep walking anyway.

I took some snapshots with the new lens I just purchased, the Sigma f/2.8 17-50mm. I got it off eBay from Japan for just a bit above $300 (way below the retail price) and for an inexpensive lens, its quality exceeded my expectations.





I'm hoping to slowly get back into photography with this new lens. Given the rough patch I've been going through, I think it will be therapeutic for me. I'm also taking a studio art class this semester called Intermediate Digital Media and Installation, which focuses on creating interactive and immersive spaces using a mix of photography, painting, video, and sculpture. Truthfully, I am a bit burnt out by academia and I miss being able to express myself through art. We'll see how this goes.

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." - Henry David Thoreau, Walden