Beautiful, Karen 💕 so many of your questions I ponder myself. The shifts in perspective, how to hold space for curiosity, self-compassion. Your photos are a magical extra ✨
I so agree with you about the 'saturation' in photos - and in life. While I many times can appreciate the saturation and even like it at times, in my eye I recognize it as painting; paint applied by brush, palette knife; heavily paint, lightly paint, big bold strokes, delicate strokes, layers of colors, angles of light, it becomes an artist's creation. Real unto itself though perhaps unreal to the true nature of the natural world. Everyone edits the lens eye but that doesn't necessarily render the the photo unreal. The tree, the bird, the landscape retains it's form and substance however it is farmed within the many angles we choose to view it from - standing, sitting, far away, up close, in sunlight or shadow. That too is editing.
Tyre Nichols. Such a heartache. Bearing witness in this world is never easy but always right.
I too was moved to tears when I saw Tyre Nichols' photography page, and I'm grateful to Heather for directing so many of us there. I love that she shared his page out of a desire not to reduce his life to those agonizing moments before his hospitalization and death, and to help us all see the beauty he saw through his own lens. That beauty - the beauty which another person sees and shares - I believe, is Real.
Wow, Karen! I don't know which is more inspiring - your pictures or your reflections. Thanks for taking the risk and sharing both. You are loved and appreciated! By the way, everyone always is "editing" what they see/ hear/feel/smell based on their own Personal Construct which they began to create from the moment their brain began functioning in the womb.
A magnificent post! A master class in many ways. As a journalist, nothing frustrated me more than an editor who would slap on a hyped headline that totally distorted the essence and essential truth of the article. More recently, after my fall two weeks ago, I am dealing with the fear of the "second arrow." I am having to release the bodily tension and let go of the fear of both pain and falling again. It's a daunting task! Your comments are such a blessing! Yes, indeed! Perspective is key!
Thank you Lauren. Things happening in my body are the HARDEST things for me to be with. I keep repeating to myself, "the body is made to heal if I let it". When I was really scared about the sciatica thing - because something in my spine freaked me out - my therapist said rather nonchalantly something like "the spine is made of ligaments and ligaments heal". Like not to freak out because my spine was made to heal just like my knee or my elbow. It helped - and partly because clearly it didn't scare him.
I so love the honesty and searching quality of your posts. Thank you!
Thank you Jeanne!
Beautiful, Karen 💕 so many of your questions I ponder myself. The shifts in perspective, how to hold space for curiosity, self-compassion. Your photos are a magical extra ✨
Thank you Lisa
I so agree with you about the 'saturation' in photos - and in life. While I many times can appreciate the saturation and even like it at times, in my eye I recognize it as painting; paint applied by brush, palette knife; heavily paint, lightly paint, big bold strokes, delicate strokes, layers of colors, angles of light, it becomes an artist's creation. Real unto itself though perhaps unreal to the true nature of the natural world. Everyone edits the lens eye but that doesn't necessarily render the the photo unreal. The tree, the bird, the landscape retains it's form and substance however it is farmed within the many angles we choose to view it from - standing, sitting, far away, up close, in sunlight or shadow. That too is editing.
Tyre Nichols. Such a heartache. Bearing witness in this world is never easy but always right.
Thank you Jan, I appreciate this perspective.
I too was moved to tears when I saw Tyre Nichols' photography page, and I'm grateful to Heather for directing so many of us there. I love that she shared his page out of a desire not to reduce his life to those agonizing moments before his hospitalization and death, and to help us all see the beauty he saw through his own lens. That beauty - the beauty which another person sees and shares - I believe, is Real.
Yes yes yes. And eventually it will be what survives, even in such a traumatic situation.
Beautifully written with so much reflection and wisdom. Thank you.
Thank you Patricia
Wow, Karen! I don't know which is more inspiring - your pictures or your reflections. Thanks for taking the risk and sharing both. You are loved and appreciated! By the way, everyone always is "editing" what they see/ hear/feel/smell based on their own Personal Construct which they began to create from the moment their brain began functioning in the womb.
Thank you Uncle Bill. Yes indeed. It's so helpful sometimes to remember the way I perceive the world isn't necessarily the only way.
Wonderful thoughts, Karen, miigwech. And don't worry – NO ONE knows how to drive in the snow! 😂
Lol, thank you Chris!
A magnificent post! A master class in many ways. As a journalist, nothing frustrated me more than an editor who would slap on a hyped headline that totally distorted the essence and essential truth of the article. More recently, after my fall two weeks ago, I am dealing with the fear of the "second arrow." I am having to release the bodily tension and let go of the fear of both pain and falling again. It's a daunting task! Your comments are such a blessing! Yes, indeed! Perspective is key!
Thank you Lauren. Things happening in my body are the HARDEST things for me to be with. I keep repeating to myself, "the body is made to heal if I let it". When I was really scared about the sciatica thing - because something in my spine freaked me out - my therapist said rather nonchalantly something like "the spine is made of ligaments and ligaments heal". Like not to freak out because my spine was made to heal just like my knee or my elbow. It helped - and partly because clearly it didn't scare him.