Honored to have this series of images, different notions, featured in the current issue of Uppercase magazine, pages 104 - 107.
Many thanks to Janine Vangool, publisher, editor, designer for including my work in Issue 47 and for her tireless commitment to making the world a better place through art.
In Janine’s own words: Creativity is therapeutic. Creating is caring. Creativity is empowering. Creativity is love.
This beach is a touchstone of my life. I watch the young woman sifting through the sand on the shore. I know she is searching for shark’s teeth on this Indian summer day. I am mesmerized by her quiet concentration. I let go of fear and self-doubt and remind myself of the good things about myself.
“Perfectionism doesn’t have to run our lives. It’s there, but we can lean into it with understanding and a soft heart. The more we practise lowering our bar of expectation, the better we become at accepting ourselves for who we are, flaws and all. None of us is perfect. It’s important to remember that there is much beauty in imperfection.” —Chantelle Grady
I seek to discover a meaning in what I photograph rather than to impose one. It’s been a long time coming . . . the understanding that the meaning is within me. I store these moments of beauty, gleaned from my daily rounds, saving them for nourishment, protection, and salvation. They are my grateful appreciation for the good surrounding me, no matter what my circumstances might be today.
There are simple pleasures to look forward to every day.
“. . . if you are living a life that is content my advice is to learn to live inside it, examine it, relish it, and most of all remember it — this extraordinary thing, a happy life — because there may come a time when something will present itself in the form of a misfortune, a transgression, an abuse, a failure, a humiliation, a loss, or, indeed, a global crisis where your life will turn, in an instant, from easy comfort to total chaos.” —Nick Cave, The Red Hand Files, Issue #121