I am fascinated with this idea of documenting your ordinary life and others finding something in it.
I watch quite a few videos on YouTube of individuals documenting their ordinary, everyday lives and the viewing figures that some of them achieve are impressive and fascinating.
I suppose it could be described as ‘vlogging’, too, but it is a different type of vlogging with a subtle difference.
One channel, in particular, called Kokohome does not involve any speaking, and you never get to see the creator fully.
And she types text on the video, like a subtitle. She is doing mundane tasks like preparing food or cleaning her apartment. She has a massive number of followers and viewers.
There is another type where the guy does a day in the life type vlog of him going around his everyday life-I think he is a student and maybe in New York.
There is a further distinction which I have seen described as ‘grandfather vlogging’ where the production quality is anything but cinematic but the guy, and it is usually a guy, has some useful nugget of knowledge or observation to share from his life’s experience.
I guess everyone has to find what works best for them. But one thing is certain: as humans, we are curious.