the road from here to there
“A creative life is not linear—it’s full of swoops, curves and long stretches of confusion. For each step that moves us toward our chosen destination, there are many steps backwards, providing the perfect circumstances for frustration and discouragement to breed. In these times of disappointment, I find it helpful to remember that a good life doesn’t move stoically forward in a single direction—rather, it’s full of slow progress and tiny breakthroughs. A good life is full of unexpected change and destinations that continue to change, creating a map of crisscrossing paths and places we would never have imagined.” —Meera Lee Patel, The Path is Made by Walking, Uppercase Magazine, Issue 48
A little side note: I took a few of these photos at Lake Orange and I was fascinated by the water fowl. At first I thought that bird, standing so still and not at all phased by me, was some kind of buzzard. And when I zoomed in to take the photo with my long lens, I was really perplexed. What was that bird? A goose? A swan of some sort? A duck? When I got home, my husband had great fun doing the research. Turns out it’s a domestic muscovy duck. There’s something new to learn every day. I’m always a beginner.