During this process, I decided I needed to space myself apart from the Internet and away from my camera to find another source of inspiration. Hoping to find a creative spark, I began taking night walks - each roughly an hour and a half at a time (Which was a substitute for my idea of going to a place which I had never been before, which never came to fruition). I decided on night walks as it's a time when there's barely any light and barely anyone around.  They were mostly cold and left me with numb fingers but they allowed me to tolerate being away from the Internet - Something I rely on quite a lot. They allowed me to disconnect with everyone for a brief time and allowed me to dwell on what it meant to be lost. I found stepping away from all social media was a good way of relieving your mind. It was good to stand away from something that everyone expects you to be on almost all the time.

From taking time off from social media and not using my camera, I began using my art book and black ink more. I experimented with how different brushes would affect the shapes and which medium of brush would last longer with the ink. The results were dark abstractions of scratchy, interrupted ink. This time away allowed me to come up with the idea of layering my ink pieces to create some distorted self-portraits. I guess you could say these finished portraits show the anxiety of being lost. You could also say that the abstraction allows you to explore the photos as if you're trying to find what's lost under it all. 

From this shoot, I've definitely found the piece that I would like to display for my installation. So far I believe it rounds up and encapsulates the feelings I've felt from the start of this project. It seems to be the one that stands out the most to me and I already have an idea on how to display the piece.