Dreams
When we drift off into that strange yet personal place of dreaming, after long hours in a wakeful state, we find that there is no awareness of time, desire, food or drink, warmth or cold, longing or lacking. We are sheltered, for a brief time, from the world outside, sunk deep into a space only…
Dunes
Warm light sinks slightly below the dunes as we reach the slopped edge of the sun-sketched mountain of sand. To my left, I spot a fellow wanderer hiking the dune’s sunken ridge line. I dipped down slightly, reaching into my right pocket for my phone, and quickly snapped this photo without hesitation. The day is…
Fruit
“But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. And the greatest of these is love, for all things abide in love, and all things must have love; for without love, no relationship would exist.”– Galatians 5:22 Whether or not…
Mothers
The only genuine way I know to start this post is to describe my own mother and the unsurmountable influence she has had in my life, through the delicate medium of words and photography. My mother had a saying that always reflected her firm commitment to her faith and reminds me to this day to…
Music
I read this local quote once in a local magazine about a local Nashville band that I can locally recall to this day: “It makes me claustrophobic to think about music that doesn’t move.” Music is an experience that takes us to places we can touch, taste, see, and most especially, hear. Every time we…
Nature
Impermanence: noun: the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time: “He describes the impermanence of nature’s existence.” As I was walking through the apartment complex I called home back in Nashville, I noticed with a strange intensity a tree that stood at the back of the apartment. For some time,…
Nutrition
I’ve heard it said before that good nutrition can be summed up in seven simple words: Eat real food, mostly vegetables, in moderation. Mindfulness reminds us to pause and pay more attention to what we put in our bodies. Try spending your meal away from any screens, books, or even calls to fully experience the…
Peering Out
I peer out into the vast Atlantic Ocean as the moon peers back slightly above the horizon. I pause for a moment, hesitating with a camera in my hand and yearning to stop time and stay a while at the shore, just peering out. The date is May 8, 2017, around 4:48 PM. I am…
Fame
“I wish everyone could become rich and famous so they could realize it’s not the answer.”– Jim Carrey Have you ever fantasized about being famous? Rich? Important? Admired? Ever dream of the ability to buy just about anything you want without a single concern? Ever dream of effortlessly swiping a credit card over anything you…
Schoolbuses
Photography to me is magic, a time capsule that triggers a memory, capturing the stillness of that memory and storing it for future pondering, this was just science fiction not too long ago. On my Instagram, I have many posts just like this one, with a photo I took somewhere on my journey through life…