Inside a Mind

Category: Interests

  • Bass is Best

    And by bass I mean the guitar. I haven’t picked up the instrument in god knows how long, but I took lessons for 5 years since my 13th birthday when I was given a very green, Irish looking bass that I named Paddy (how original). It was a change from my violin lessons that I had…

  • Expired Polaroid Film

    Gone are the days when Polaroid was a company that sold instant film and cameras. Since then, a group of previous Polaroid workers started their own company, The Impossible Project, and have been producing their own instant film for Polaroid cameras. They are life savers for instant film artists and amateurs. You are still able…

  • Childhood Revisited

    I had polaroid film that was expired and I wanted to use up. I decided it would be fun to do so when spending lazy days in Wakefield, the city I was born and raised in. The result was a mixture of good and bad, and the black and white film gave a haunting feel…

  • London: A Melting Pot of Style

    Under no circumstances could I be considered a ‘fashionista’, or someone who oozes style and is always two steps ahead of the fashion pack. Being a student on a budget my wardrobe consists mostly of Primark, accompanied by cheap market finds or what I found when spending too long on eBay. It ranges from band…

  • A Brief Romance With Punk

    When I was in high school, the trend of being emo was in full thrive. A few of my friends would sport a fringe covering half their face, fell in love with Alex Heartbreaker, and would perfect the art of wearing thick eyeliner. It was never really for me, the emo style. It wasn’t the most…

  • My First Polaroid

    I have not taken many good Polaroid photos, but my first one is one of my favourites. Immediately after developing it looked like something recovered from 30 years ago, or as all photos are, something timeless that is forever in the past.