I’ve made it my intention to continue to seek and offer friendship as I grow older. This is how I came to meet Kate. I saw her photographs exhibited in a local art gallery and something in her work resonated deeply with me. One day, I ran into her at the gallery and took the time to tell her how much I admired her work. I felt an instant connection and followed up with an invitation for coffee and photo-talk. Fast forward a year and here we are, friends collaborating on a photography project. This is a sample of our ongoing project.
I take a photo and send it to Kate. She takes one in response. Back and forth we go, a conversation that grows a friendship. We began this correspondence in July 2020 and we’re 25 photos in, planning to make it to a full year.
The project has a working title, From Here to There, or maybe it should be From There to Here, depending on how you look at it. The project explores how change transpires through a sequence of ordinary moments. Appreciating the feeling of impermanence. And the beautiful possibility that there is a path from a bad place to a good place. Just because we cannot see the path doesn't mean it isn't there. Here is a fine starting place. I can’t wait to see where we end up.
To read the full story about how the project got started and where we’re headed, I’d love it if you would visit my post on ViewFinders today, A Year Between Friends.