Self Visualization

I don't think that I have ever thought so hard about an idea for a project in my life. I had a few different ideas in my head, but there is one I am leaning towards. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the 1950's and how simple the times were. There wasn't much to do, there wasn't much technology, and there wasn't much variety. I often wonder what it would have been like to be a teenager during this time. Along with thinking about this, I have been listening to a band that are all in their late twenties, but write lyrics as if they grew up then. In my photos I'm wearing a simple white t-shirt and blue jeans. No logos, no gimmicks. I wonder if this simplicity would be a good thing. I always hear members of this generation saying "Those were the days." But were they?

That's how I came up with the idea to explore this scenario, and place myself into an era by aging the photographs. I also want to scan actual old photographs and use them as a background. Then, I came up with the sink or swim idea. Again, tying in with the same band, it has been a thought stuck in my head for quite some time. It's the simplest answer to life; you can either sink, or swim. It also ties in with where I live and grew up, surrounded by water. These ideas are very different but I feel like somehow I can connect them. Who knows.