I am happily working away, taking and arranging photographs.
In doing so, I am attempting to create a kind of visual poetry. Work in progress on Conversation Pieces.
This is the the lesson I am learning: edit in sequences so your pictures speak to one another.
Even empty space is a kind of frame, deciding what deserves attention and what quietly fades into the background.
When the book arrives from the printer and I hold my work in my hands and turn the pages, I realize that when I am doing my best work, little to no thinking is happening in my mind. There is very little judgment in this kind of work. And if I have thoughts at all they are neutral, constructive, or creative. I do my best work when I am not thinking. (I often wake up with a list of ideas and things to try, and this all happens during the night as if by magic.) This is surprising. And at its heart, this practice allows the full authentic expression of who I am. This book and the others I have created are byproducts of my ability to surrender and trust. What an amazing feeling!
Printed by MILK photo books, 2026
photo book page displays
What I am trying to say is
I want this prayer to become
as automatic as breathing–
each exhale, prayer.
Each inhale, gratefulness.
—Revised, after Andrea Gibson, by Paula Gordon Lepp
