I have a candle burning brightly beside me, a Thomas Newman song playing, and a cigar smoldering in front of me, and as I am sitting here listening to my music, and watching the smoke dance through my office, I am wondering , "What is it we want to see?"
What is it as people, do we want to see.
I look around, and I always look at the cause and effect of things, and I think, those are the things that move me so much...
To see wind blowing hair, to see the golden color the sunset makes , beads of water on flowers, and smoke dancing , it's just so common, yet so beautiful.
So why is it, we as people expect people to be so beautiful, but not so common?
I find people are quick to point out the flaws in people, animals, buildings, plants, your name it, some one can find something wrong with it.
Why are we so focused on making things seem so damaged.
I find if you look at something or someone long enough you can find the beauties in the thing/person you are looking at. We need to find traces of beauty around us, or we will be very disappointed in the world. I suppose as a photographer I feel it is my own personal duty to show people the world they can't see with their own eyes, I have to show everyone the world through my eyes and my heart.
I often wonder if the need to claim things as "damaged" is often a result or a knee jerk reaction to being frightened about what the person is seeing.
I can only hope, that I can continue to find beauty and amazement in the world, because without beauty , what's the point in seeing.
Even with my eyes closed I see images flashing through my head of a slower world, and everything is beautiful.
