“sister, never let that passion die. Do what you love and love what you do, and everything else gonna be allllright.”
–my dear friend, samantha mcmahon

i’ve gotta run with this. because it isn’t the first time someone has said this to me. in fact, i’ve been getting it a lot lately.

as i stumble through life and a summer fraught with things unknown, a future so open, i forget why i am where i am. i have some ideas about where to go next, i’m just not sure how to make them happen.

i want to share my most recent photo project with you. last week, in the midst of a fret-fest, i read matthew 6:25-34. thus was born an idea.

day by day. a process. my photos are about the process of taking life day by day, not knowing what will come but not worrying about tomorrow “for today has enough troubles of its own.”
not to worry about where i will live, what i will eat, or what i will wear.

but to “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to me.”

i didn’t plan what photos would i take each day. like the purpose of the project, i took each day as it came and waited to see what photograph would come of that day.

monday, there was a storm in college station. it was so bad, there was a tornado warning for our neighborhood and we had to create a “storm shelter” in our hall closet. this is a photo of the tree and the rain from my window.

there is no photo for tuesday because that was the day i actually came up with the idea. it was a very melancholy, worry-consumed day until the point that i read those verses.

wednesday i got up earlier than normal and made myself some delicious snickernut coffee. i had just purchased it and i really enjoyed breakfast that day. wednesday was also an important day for meals because i got to have a delicious meal with my sister louanne and niece nadia. i love seeing them because my relationship with louanne is one of the biggest blessings that i have. her and my brother-in-law mike are some of my firmest supporters.

thursday i decided to pull myself together and spend an afternoon at barnes and noble looking into some career options for creative-minded people. i also stumbled across a book called “carve your own road” that further drove it into my mind that i need to pursue my talents and what i love. the authors reminded me that life is not about money and that material success does not lead to happiness. this photo represents planning.

(i know you have already seen this photo) friday brought the project to a close. i spent some time at starbucks reading about creativity and suffering.

during the seminar, people saw things that not even i saw in my photographs. they told me that my photos are extremely autobiographical. one friend mentioned that he saw a lot of thinking and studying. he thinks i spend a lot of time contemplating and thinking about things and have a very studious personality.
he is so right. and i can’t believe my photos say that much about me.

this is why photography is a passion.

i’m working on my project for this week and i am excited to share the results with you.