How you've documented your life.

It really is as simple as beginning to look at the photos you've taken all your life.  Initially you might shrug the idea of examining one, single photograph for a long period of time. Pick one picture from your album (or what I like to do even more is pick one out of the box that holds the pictures you've never been quite sure why you can't throw them away).

Place the picture in front of you on a surface that gets plenty of light and start by looking at it for a full 60 seconds.  Just look at it as you've never looked before.  Where was it taken? What was happening in your life then? Is there a color or a shape that pulls your gaze toward it? As you look at the photo, what words come into your mind? Do you want to throw the photo away or do you want to put it back into the container you took it out of? Why do you want to get rid of it now? or Why do you want to keep it?

That's enough for the first session.  You will have encountered some aspects of the photograph you never considered before.  There's nobody else to consult about what you experience with this image.  It's only you and how you interpret it within the context of your life.  That's the fun of the process and the frustration.

But never fear, it only gets more compelling from today.