tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505183424305481364.post3097444040451554152..comments2023-06-10T10:54:33.636-04:00Comments on a life with meaning: Contemplative Photography Without a CameraClarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838656854709586779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505183424305481364.post-704866621266787812012-06-19T12:23:37.120-04:002012-06-19T12:23:37.120-04:00What a wonderful quote, Jeri! There is indeed gre...What a wonderful quote, Jeri! There is indeed great healing when we let go of what we think "should be" and welcome "what is."Clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838656854709586779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505183424305481364.post-5468744621597299282012-06-18T22:11:44.175-04:002012-06-18T22:11:44.175-04:00One more thought - have you read "God is at E...One more thought - have you read "God is at Eye Level- Photography as a Healing Art? <br /><br />One of my favorite quotes: "...I realize it was not only the power of the images themselves, but the very act of focusing, of being totally attentive, that comforted me. When I look through my lens now, focused only on what is before me, I am grounded and healed in that same wonderful way. My vision is clear, and I am one with whatever I am looking at....not alone, not apart from, not afraid. Full of joy, as we all can be, when we look with the eyes of a child, in rapt attention." <br /><br />No camera required for any of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505183424305481364.post-42840848629305982132012-06-18T22:04:59.461-04:002012-06-18T22:04:59.461-04:00Clara, love this post! Good for you! I would hav...Clara, love this post! Good for you! I would have gone off the deep end. <br /><br />A few years ago, I signed up for a photography retreat with my friend and artist Catherine Anderson. As I took the Black Mountain exit, almost to the retreat center, I realized that I had not brought my battery charger and hadn't charged my battery in a while. I panicked, drove around looking for a Walmart, but also thinking Walmart will not have my specific Canon charger, and generally driving myself nuts. I prayed that one of the retreat participants would have a charger that would be the right brand/make for my camera. What idiot goes to a photography RETREAT without a battery charger??? I called myself every terrible name in the book. Totally stressed out just in time to start a retreat. Best photography advice I've ever gotten was to buy a camera grip that holds two batteries, plus back up AA's. <br /><br />Camera advice aside, I love how you made lemons out of lemonade in this experience. If we can remember to just stop and BE where we are, things can look different. Last week at the beach, when it was cloudy and rainy, I practiced "going with the flow." I went to an art gallery I had been wanting to visit; I stopped by the road and took a picture of a dock over the sound, I went back home and read a book. At each moment I said to myself, What can I do at this moment to enjoy the place I am in right now? And it worked, it was such a pleasure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com