Well, if your a regular follower of this blog, you’ve noticed that I haven’t posted too much in the last few weeks. No excuses either. No, I’ve been making some photos, not many but some. Nah. Not really sick, The VA with all the bad press, takes good care of me. We’ll i do have a passing but recurring illness. It’s a case of Igotlazytopostontheblogitis.
Olivier was no help during this time of perpetual laziness. He just kept telling what needed to be done and the deadline. Ya know what I need from the world at this point of time is not photography and it’s not my intent to say everything is just a pretty picture.
I am and have always been a CNN addict. That just means that I want to know what is going on in the world. The new effects me in different ways. For example, I am near to the Cold War in the Home front. Tanya and I don’t see eye to eye on the Ukrainian War. What does this have to do with photography? If you even need to ask this question, well… there’s other blogs you should visit. See, I have friends from almost every country in the world. I care about my friends. I get concerned about how things are effecting them. So just because something isn’t happening in your back yard, doesn’t mean that you get away unaffected, you don’t. No one is that lucky to just be safe and comfortable and not feel what the world is doing to people.
So I look at myself and think that maybe I am lucky and then realize, no one gets off without feeling for others. No one is immune to the world. I remember my friend/brother Paul McGuirk saying to me back in the early 1970’s….”Most people look at the World thru Rose Colored Glasses. I look at a Rose thru World Colored Glasses.”
So in a time of what seems to be numbness, maybe it’s just a time of self reflection. I mean I’m extremely effected by the Human Condition. I can’t escape it and actually don’t want to. The camera is an interesting friend for me. Andre’ keeps me in touch with myself better than any living being alive or dead. See, Andre’ keeps me in the here and now and because of that, with all the just going on in the Human Condition, I am at peace. Maybe it’s just a brief passing dream but when I’m making photos, the world and all the crap seems to dissipate and just lets me be at one with mother light and just work.
The illusion of peacefulness plays deep in my Eye, Heart and Mind. I am attracted to the people and things that are inside my head. I mean, I don’t make a photo unless I feel it. Maybe it’s not gonna be a masterpiece but I know one thing for sure. It’s my photo and it represents my time in the here and now while I walked upon the Earth.
And just when ya think your alone and feeling kinda desperate and lost, ya come across a gentle soul that looks at you for the comfort you are looking for.
This Post is dedicated to all those souls effected in The Horror of Flight MH17. May you all find Eternal Peace in the Hereafter and your souls be forever blessed by THE LORD. Amen
Good words, brother. I have much of the same feelings. It’s not about being lazy, but it is about the energy drain that comes from the tragedies of this world. Love the two selfies, and that girl’s expression in the last frame.
Thanks Dan, your words speak truth…..
Hi, Don, I´ve missed you. A really good text and photos – I especially liked the first two, most of all the first one, the man´s look and his white shoe, firmly in the asphalt – why do I like t h a t … – and you in the corner. Great image. Here – 89.5 F, and no pictures made in a week. It´s getting a bit frustrating … Thanks for the inspiration.
Tommi
Thanks Tommi, Inspiration lives within us. Sometimes it’s when we hang with like minded people that a spark ignites what we have inside sleeping… you just did that for am… don
Amen.
Probably your best post. As Keith says, Amen.
Thanks Stephen, much appreciated.
Hi Don, a beautiful post/dedication, one that really shows your heart & soul but that is no surprise, your images always ooze heart & soul. Best Mark
Thanks Mark, appreciate you stopping by.
don
The LORD???
If there was one this crap wouldn’t happen. Little kids wouldn’t get raped and beaten. We wouldn’t have poison Ivy and Oak.
Ya know, most people would not approve your post. For me, it’s about freedom. You have the right to say and do as you will especially on my blog. I’m not going to debate Religion or Spirituality. I will say this, we as human beings have free will. If you choose to abuse, murder whatever, that’s your free will at play.
THE LORD grants you free will and what you do with it, well don’t blame THE LORD if you or anyone else abuses it.
Go in peace Jim with whatever you have that comforts your SOUL. Don
Good post & photos Don. & keep your faith in the LORD brother. Whithout Him in my life I’d be most miserable.
Thanks Greg, don’t worry about my faith. It’s been tested in the worst ways and I’m still standing….
don
Great to see your post Don. Understand about that disease…Igotlazyto……… And great reply to the gentleman Jim Holmes. Mankind…with free will…commits terrible things and then wants to blame the Lord. Take care and keep believing! Look forward to your next post.
Thanks Dave, I believe most people get it. The ones that don’t, in the end they will….
don
I really like the quote from Paul. It’s the most appropriate way to describe life that I’ve ever heard.
Tina, thank you and I’m sure Paul will love to read this…
Be blessed…. don