Long ago, I learned that in its purest sense, painting and photography is about seeing light. While I don’t always keep that in mind, I have noticed that getting a photo not completely shrouded in shadow seems impossible these days.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m still trying to bend my brain around f-stops and apertures, or…if it’s because I’m seeing dark.
Three years of rain and winters have come and gone since moving to Seattle, nevermuch bothering me. And yet…now. Now it seems darkness is everywhere, all of the time. Being an indoorsy night owl, I usually don’t mind it. In fact, I often prefer it.
But lately I find myself going ’round turning on lights in every room of the house, rooms we’re not in, rooms we don’t use. It feels like a waste because I know that it is. Still, I want them on.
It may be a combination of having been sick with different things for three weeks and the dense fog that’s pervaded the world here the last few days. I feel blah. My motivation is GONE. People keep asking me what’s wrong. Nothing, I thought. Until I actually thought about it today.
This song came on while driving to work. And just like everytime I’ve heard it before, it was IMPOSSIBLE for me not to feel better.
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thanx for the pick me up….video and audio
Yeah, I get that way here in Germany too. Thing is that I’m so happy the last 2 days – in part because we have a new president, and in part because I know in my heart that there is HOPE for the next year ahead.
Oh – and Now that he’s turned Washington on it’s ear, I’m eager to see what Day 2 will bring.