Twelve past six -- project 365: Day 1: At 6.12am

Thursday 6 December 2012

Day 1: At 6.12am

Day one: today I begin the quest, to participate in the project 365, photo a day blog. What started as a plan to document my day at the same time each day has become a challenge to capture the moment at twelve past six each day. Yes, 6.12. Does that have anything to do with a certain radio station in Brisbane? Why yes. And today, being 612 Day, that is, 6 December, the quest begins today. To start us off:

Today, at 6.12am on 612ABC on 6/12.

612ABC Breakfast host Spencer Howson really enjoys talking numbers, especially dates. Naturally 6 December scores highly on the list for ABC listeners in Brisbane.

Spencer challenged us all to take a photo at 6.12am on 612ABC on 6/12 for #612day.

At 6.12pm, still listening to 612ABC

The photo to the left was my effort and gets this project 365 off the ground.

For good measure, I was at my desk at 6.12pm today too. So I took that photo. Sometimes, I'll take the shot at 6.12am, sometimes at 6.12pm. Am I a creature of habit, as I suspect; or is there a bit more to my day? We shall see in 365 days.

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What am I doing?

Twelvepastsix, or 6.12, is an experiment in observation. I've long been fascinated by patterns in numbers, patterns in life. The 'SevenUp' series is perhaps one of my favourite documentaries. I'm fascinated and inspired in equal parts by the history captured in this style. The project 365 which I have discovered through Twitter, allows me, I think, a way to capture my experiment, on a much smaller scale.

My thinking was originally centred on choosing a time each day, the same time, to observe and understand behaviours in a small way. I toyed with a few ideas but decided on 6.12am/pm, for reasons set out in the first post: 6 December 2012, naturally.

The project will double as a brief journal of each day's events as well, to capture the small detail in its larger context. At year's end, I will be interested to see, just to what extent our days can be as habitual or as extraordinary as we recall.

The 'rule' is reasonably simple: I take a photo of whatever I am doing at 6.12, only the timezone may change depending on circumstances (where photography might be discouraged, forbidden or banned, for example). Most days should have two photos; most days should exist, notwithstanding crossings of the international dateline.

Finally, while this blog is inspired by community of presenters, producers, listeners and tweepsters of Brisbane radio station 612ABC, it is not endorsed by, or in any other way, affiliated with them.

Enjoy, and perhaps think...if only I'd captured 'that' moment.

Thursday 6 December 2012

Day 1: At 6.12am

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