Week #17

Airport Reflection

"There is no way, no method, no technique which you or I can use to come into accord with the Tao, the Way of Nature, because every how, every method implies a goal. And we cannot make the Tao a goal any more than we can aim an arrow at itself."

Alan Watts

 My 52 week photo challenge started out as a way to hold myself accountable to working on my photography each week. I made rules up like I had to post every Sunday morning and it could only be a image taken that week. Over the past several months I have noticed that the "goals" of this challenge had not only overtaken the process but left me feeling constricted and not particularly very creative. So in response I think that I will shake things up a bit. I am going to post when I feel like I have something to say - this could be daily or weekly - time will tell. I just know that I want to focus more on the process than the outcome so the goals and rules need to be put aside so that I can stay more aligned with the now.

Week #16

Dancing Trees

"Alterness is the hidden discipline of familiarity."

David Whyte

I listened to another wonderful interview from Krista Tippett. This time she interviewed David Whyte, a poet and philosopher, who looks at how language shapes both our work world and our everyday world. I found that his thoughts regarding the discipline of alertness relates directly to the creative discipline that I embrace in my photography - seeing the world with "beginner's eyes". I urge you to take the time to listen to his profound words and I know that your heart and soul will be fuller for the time spent.

Week #15

Curtis's Hands

"Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what it means to be human is to be flawed, is to be contradictory, is to be often weak, and yet despite all of these what we would consider drawbacks, that we're also quite beautiful."
Juno Diaz

Week #14

 

Reflections on the Brandywine River

This week I made my annual trip back to Pennsylvania to spend time with my family. Both my mother, my sister and her family live in the Brandywine River Valley. This is the area that Andrew Wyeth lived and captured so beautifully in his paintings. Though not the area I grew up in, I have fallen in love with this landscape and look forward to coming back each year.

The Brandywine Art Museum is a must stop if you are in the area. They have a large collection of the Wyeth family's art work and the setting is both beautiful and peaceful. This picture was taken of my mom and brother-in-law as they took a moment to reflect out on the Brandywine River.