After the last update to WordPress I switched to the new default theme. There wasn’t anything wrong with the old one, but I figured it’d be okay to switch anyway. As nice as the new one is, I didn’t like any of the default header images and thus decided to make one of my own.
An old picture I took seemed like the right one to use: a pile of shredded pictures. Maybe I should explain why I have a picture of a pile of shredded pictures in the first place.
I don’t like pictures being taken of me. I don’t like taking pictures of people. A while ago I came across an “old” photo album filled with pictures of my trips to the US and the people I hung out with.
As we’re no longer in touch due to personal reasons and I had no interest in ever looking at those photos again, I decided to throw the album away.
Then I had an idea: I could shred the photos.
When I was done shredding and was about to empty the shredder’s container it was so full, I decided to try taking a picture of the pile of pieces. At the time it made sense somehow, perhaps as a way to not have to look at the photos themselves anymore, but in a way keep the shreds as a reminder of the events that had taken place.
And that’s where the header came from.
Okay, I did lighten it, add the site’s logo and name on top of it (using Photoshop CS5′s Repoussée for the lame 3D effect) but that’s the history behind the picture.
