Cognarium [kog-nair-ee-uh m] — A fabricated mental space, where thoughts
live freely and are cultivated, explored, and analyzed. A thinking space.
If you've had some familiarity with my work in college, you might know that a lot of it towards the end was focused on the idea of cognariums. It's a word I made to describe a place to think, or even a
corner of mind where one may have a unique valley of ideas, thoughts, aspirations, etc. Being a somewhat introverted individual, I spend a lot of time in a cognarium, keeping to myself, though that is not to say that cognariums are not meant to be shared. I think of this blog as a cognarium, or a way to share my cognarium of ideas with others.
I made a series of videos that year about these cognariums, wandering in nature, quietly contemplating, and creating spaces that were a combination of new and old; breaking down barriers of indoors and outdoors, creating characters that lived in these alternate versions of our world.
Cognarium Rising is not so much a revisitation of that headspace, so much as it is a recognition of it. I think sometimes I lose sight of my unique cognarium, and forget with all the tumultuousness of life, that I need to continue to grow my own ideas and invest in myself and my person to make own life move in a direction I am happy with. That is why I've chosen to relaunch this blog with this fashion video, and picking up this cognarium of mine and dusting it off. I get so much joy from styling, writing, photographing, exploring new places, and creating things that I can put out into the world and share with others. I look forward to a great 2016 realizing this cognarium.
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