© IBKimage 2012
We are most anxious it seems when we think back to what was or forward to what will be. Regrets for actions taken or not taken; fearful for actions to be taken and so on. I’ve been reflecting a bit this week about why I love photography. When I raise my camera to my eye and look through the view-finder I find that I enter a world of the present moment. All yesterdays and tomorrows disappear and the focus is to capture ever so briefly a moment in time that allows me to repent of my own efforts and be “graced” and humbled by what has been provided. Many years ago I read a book entitled: “Everyday Sacred” by Sue Bender. In short, her thesis was to be open to the holiness of living in the everyday moments. Seeing the familiar in a new light and searching for the beauty of the common is certainly one way that I love dancing.
Today’s image was discovered during a walk, near a 400 year old house in Meldorf, Germany. On my recent trip there I looked up to see the dancer in the side window of an artist’s residence and studio.
What music calls you to dance in the moment? What might you let go off to start or continue dancing?
IBK
2 Comments
IBK,
What a treasure that you captured on your recent trip. Thank you for the gentle reminder about the importance of living in the present. It came at a very opportune moment for me.
IBK, as usual, your reflections make me think of things in new ways. I particularly appreciated, “When I raise my camera to my eye and look through the view-finder I find that I enter a world of the present moment. All yesterdays and tomorrows disappear and the focus is to capture ever so briefly a moment in time that allows me to repent of my own efforts and be “graced” and humbled by what has been provided.” I realized that that’s why I love photography, too, but never quite “framed” (pun intended) it that way! Thanks for the clarity AND your poetic way of putting it!