chapter two

Logic insisted she be relieved when he left. How did he find her? It was dangerous that he even came that close. Sense fled as her growing need to be known, even by this stranger, took up too much space to accommodate reason.

the river

Explored down by the CT River today. It felt like Spring and I felt a sense of renewal and hope.

chapter one

Absorbed in her surroundings until he came...nothing external made her turn. Her body twisted with unconscious instinct...a knowing all its own. The car door was open and he paced nearby...his shoe scuffing the ground, lost in indecision. When he realized she noticed him, his body almost imperceptibly leaned in her direction.

the power of one

it only takes one seed

so make your choices wisely

Happy V Day

irony

I saw this giant truck with a dribble of snow in front of it in a parking lot the day before we were supposed to get the Ginormous snowstorm here in CT. It cracked me up. While I know this isn't a snow plow, I find it a wonderfully humorous symbol of the dud of a storm we did get. The benefit for me was that most everyone stayed home because of the hype...so my commute to and from work was almost enjoyable with the roads to myself.

tree striptease

i caught this sassy tree shamelessly flirting with one down the lane

Mural in South Windsor

I found this colorful mural on the side of a school building in South Windsor, CT. Art is everywhere when you look for it.

February 6, 2010

which way should i go?

more project 365! cast offs

Today was another gloomy one, but I managed to hunt the sun down for just a minute.

It's amazing how much my mood shifted with just a little sunlight...

I drove to a local park looking for interesting things...and liked the lines on the side of this building...

...and the colors of this swing set against the snow and the pavement...

...simple things bring such pleasure.

(my) Project 365!

So, I joined Flickr about a week ago and immediately decided to dive into a group called Project 365! The requirements are that you take and post a new photo every day. Challenging this will be, but a good way for a new photographer to stretch her wings. Since joining the RedBubble community I find myself playing around with adding layers and textures to my photos via PS Elements 5.0. I think the advantage of doing this Project 365! will be that I won't have time to do anything but shoot and post, so my raw photography skills will have to improve. I hope. These photos are some of the extras from today's quest for my photo of the day, (the middle one with an obvious texture over it - though the purple really was that grape ape deep, dark color). I took a drive on my lunch hour and hoped to bump into something... The only guideline is that we showcase the world around us - without emphasis on portraits/people. The "encourage creativity" one is very appropriate, don't you think?

open

I am having the experience that the more I create,

the more ravenous I am to create.

As I allow life's energy to flow through me and guide me,

to use me -

I am aware of an urgent need to be part of the pulse,

the life blood that nourishes.

It feels that the choice is to continue to let there be 'less of me'

and allow room for the creator to work through me,

Or to never be satisfied with my life's work.

Each time I let a new creation come through me there is excitement and joy,

peace,

often followed by a deep sadness, longing, a tear.

I think I've blocked the creative process for so long because to let the "good" in means also granting passage to the "bad".

Shutting down allowed me to detach from the pain of my life,

but it put a wall up to the good as well.

This artistic process,

allowing myself to be used by the creator,

is freeing me.