This project was fun and then it got very personal. I was excited to try something with color portraiture and I used a prompt from 2021's Inktober: "Stuck". It was cool to see how the colors were showing up on my camera, and I had the self-proclaimed brilliant idea to combine them into a collage. Everything was going great. And then I got in my head. Big time. I started thinking about that prompt. Stuck. There have been a lot of times in my life when I have felt stuck. Different occasions, different circumstances, different reasons. Now, don't read into it too much. I've had a pretty good life, and I am really grateful for that. And I've never been diagnosed with anything serious, so I would never pretend to understand what those emotional and mental illnesses feel like. But I do know what it feels like to be stuck. I'm not really sure what my point is. How bout this...Know that whenever you're feeling stuck, you're not alone. Pretty cliche, but it's true. Everybody will experience that feeling at some time in their life. Chances are they already have. Try reaching to those people, find something you enjoy doing, or that you can at least tolerate. Keep going. Keep looking. You'll find a way to get unstuck. 
Stuck
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