Morro Bay, 2009
Ventura Fairgrounds, 2009
I just need to get away with him
and let myself be swept off my feet
once again.
Experience his world,
where everything is so mellow,
where music is the art of choice,
water is the element
and life just flows…
Feeling so lucky ~
And so in love right now.
Archive for November, 2009
Because sometimes…
November 11, 2009
Inspired by Duality
November 9, 2009
Photography by Cornelia Hediger, a PDN 30 photographer
This Saturday was my first post at Shutter Sisters as a regular contributor to the site. This was a Mondo Beyondo dream for me, so I feel grateful, honored, a little nervous, but also, totally excited to be officially part of the sisterhood! If you haven’t yet, please come say hi over there and put a smile on my face! ;)
Since I wrote “Come as you are”, I’ve been thinking about what that phrase really means to me these days. How is that like? To show up just as I am…
Despite my ramblings… the picture (taken at Burning Man09), I think, says it all. I’m someone with an ongoing practice on how to let go and cope with Duality.
Duality that is the writer versus the photographer, the free-spirited versus the caring and present. Duality that is in the Brazilian fire versus the crisp Nor Cal air. The beach versus the desert. Duality that is sleepy villages versus London, NY and Sao Paulo. Tradition versus technology, emails versus face to face. Duality that is the artist versus the producer, and consequently the dreamer versus the doer. The energetic versus the napper. The daughter versus the mother, the lover versus the friend, the silent versus the outspoken. Gentle and Strong. Fearless and Doubtful. Vice Versa. Two but one. All at once.
I’m inspired by the opposite forces that pull, align and stretch me from within.
Photography by Cornelia Hediger, a PDN 30 photographer
Sometimes it is a struggle to live with such resistance, but if I can let myself hang right in the middle, I find myself held in balance.
Am I the only one?
Peaceful
November 4, 2009
Cambridge, Fall 2009.
Cambridge, Fall 2009.
It is funny how it goes…
Perhaps it’s because I feel incredibly rested and peaceful… But today I woke without any longings. I got up without any desires or dreams to become this or that. I walked out of the house, just wishing to be kind to whomever I see. Wishing to love what I have.
Suddenly a bigger truth just hit me. I really don’t want to accidentally fall into another rat race. All along all I wanted was to claim and embrace some parts of me that were forgotten and silenced. I wanted to have fun again. The realization that I have done that is crisp and clear. What happens next is not my concern. I like it right here. I feel the openness and the expansion. I feel the lightness. I don’t need much more than that. Certainly not an image or prestige. What I want is to gently punt down the river and enjoy the ride.
