I have always fancied myself a frustrated artist trapped in the body of someone who can neither paint nor draw. Until I found a way to express myself through my Canon.
I have had a love affair with our planet for as long as I can remember. A sunrise can make me cry, and a walk along the ocean or in mountains brings peace to my soul that I do not find elsewhere in this world. I have a constant conversation in my head. I chatter like a swallow, and I always have music playing. But when I step behind my Canon I enter a place that silences all the voices of this world. Eckhart Tolle says “All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.” While I don’t know that I am a true artist, I do know that behind the lens of my Canon I have without a doubt experienced inner stillness. It may be the only place I ever have. I like to believe my relationship with the planet is what signs my name to my work the moment I click the shutter. While many have become comfortable with the manipulations and ease of the digital world I prefer to shoot with intention - one click, one frame. Not layering, no stacking of images. For me that is where the grace lies. My camera is my paintbrush, my meditation, my escape. I think what lays before us is perfection without my manipulation. So I breathe, aim, and make my best attempt to capture that.
