Me | Golda Raphael

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet

Published on 11th August 2010 10:56 PM.
Filed under: Me, Self Development

The motion keeps my heart running

There are three things that fuel me – Photography, Writing and Filmmaking.

I am only really happy when I am doing these things.

I can’t choose between them as each of them caters to a core need I have.

I am a ‘feeler’ and everything I do is about capturing or re-creating emotion.

I rotate my projects daily, rather than spending weeks/months doing one at a time. For me this keeps things fresh and prevents things from becoming too routine. Most importantly though, it stops me from becoming bored. It also means I get just enough space from each project to allow ideas to develop some body and can then return to them with renewed enthusiasm, a fresh pair of eyes and a clear head.

Inspiration seems to come to me the most just before I fall asleep. If I don’t write it down, I will forget it by morning.

Some of my best ideas have come from song lyrics. Some of my worst from trying to copy other people.

Be true to yourself and be free.

*Bonus points if you know which song the title of this post was taken from.

Published on 8th August 2010 6:41 PM.
Filed under: Me, My Work

Excuses, Excuses.

Yes, I know … FAIL.

I haven’t stuck with my pledge to ‘post 3 times a week’.

I start a new job today and had to do some major prep to get up to speed.

Will make good on my promise this week though.

Published on 2nd August 2010 12:26 AM.
Filed under: Me

Changes. Big Changes !!!

Things have been a bit slow around here lately.

I’ve had a couple of pressing issues to take care of which have required my absolute and undivided attention these past few months. And while I did make some half-hearted attempts to post during this time, to be honest my mind was elsewhere.

But now I’m back, fully focused and ready to up the ante.

I’ve decided to change things up around here. While I like the look and feel of the site, I’m not too happy with what I have been posting recently (yawn). It has been a bit ‘lazy’.

I’ve also been thinking about how this site fits in with my other ones, my Portfolio and Lifestream, and what I want this, as my main site, to say.

Here are some of the changes I have decided to make for starters.

I will post …

at least 3 times a week (I’ve publicly said it now so no backing out)
more about the things that interest and inspire me (remember these? - The Beauty of Bernini, Under The Protection of Stone Angels and Evelyn McHale – The Saddest Photograph)
more about my work. Time to start posting details of my photography, writing and film projects as well as the creative process behind getting them done.
more about me. I’m a complicated animal.
my discoveries. I’m constantly finding amazing things, people and places. I’ll share these on here.

So, beginning from this post forward, things should get a lot more interesting.

Published on 27th July 2010 12:15 AM.
Filed under: Me, My Work

Mind Control

Published on 8th May 2010 10:57 PM.
Filed under: Me, Self Development

30 Day Challenges

I will be participating in the following 30 day challenges …

EVENT: Script Frenzy
CHALLENGE: Write a 100 page screenplay in 30 days (rules)
DATE: April 1st – 30th
LINK: http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/

EVENT: SoFoBoMo (Solo Photo Book Month)
CHALLENGE: Produce a Photo book in 30/31 days (rules)
DATE: June OR July
LINK: http://www.sofobomo.org/

EVENT: Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month)
CHALLENGE: Write a novel in 30 days (rules)
DATE: November 1st – 30th
LINK: http://www.nanowrimo.org/

I love doing these things. At any given time I have 100′s of ideas rattling around in my head, these challenges help me focus.

Anybody else doing these?

Published on 3rd April 2010 12:36 PM.
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My Greatest Fear

My greatest fear is that I am a fraud. That everything I have ever done or said has been borrowed or stolen from someone else and that the total contribution I have made to the world, contribution that is truly my own, equals nothing at all.

Published on 13th March 2010 10:08 PM.
Filed under: Me

The Shift

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“And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Risk by Anais Nin

2008 was the end of many things for me, some voluntary, some not. I had spent the whole of that year (and if I am to be 100% truthful, all of my adult life) feeling frustrated and restless. No matter what I did, nothing ever really felt enough.

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Published on 27th January 2009 5:11 PM.
Filed under: Me