On with the journey...

It has been sometime since I last posted. Life. Life changes. In the flash of light, a phone call, a doctors appointment...nothing is ever the same again.

What I searched for most of my life went out the window and came back in again in a more powerful and magical way. In a few words...photography saved my life.

Diagnosed with cancer and having surgery in one day can spring a person out of this world and into the next and back again. Living through it and then experiencing the healing process creates a different sort of awareness. There are books and articles written about it. There are movies made of it. And after all is said and done, there are no words.

Photography and beginning again created joy and a sense of belonging like nothing else for me. I dug out my photographs that I had worked on, found my business cards that I designed and never used, and researched how to do this and do that until the sun went down. I found an Artist Market and signed up right away...no delays. I set up my white tent along with all the rest of the folks and waited and hoped for a sale. Something to tell me that I could make it as an artist. Some sign that there were people out there that liked my work. And it came...

Maybe it was just that I took that first step. A leap of faith. They say that when you take that leap, there is nothing to fear. There is nothing to fall upon but pink, fluffy, rose petals. I guess that's how I would describe it. Pink and fluffy and real...

So I'm starting again. This is my first blog in two years. It's time. I have a lot to write about and a lot to share. Let me know your thoughts along the way.

On with the journey...