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Images and Words

If an image is worth a thousand words, why do I find myself writing so much? This is an interesting quandary I have found myself in… As my passion for photography has increased, so has my need to express it. Not only in images, in words. Where I took the photo, why it caught my eye, how it makes me feel, what I’ve learned from the experience, how you can do it too… writing, writing, writing.

The surprising thing, to me, is that I have discovered that I enjoy it. I like to write. I like to find the words to express myself, to bring an idea into reality. To help someone understand something new, maybe see things in a different way. I never though of myself as a writer, yet here I am writing, almost every day. I think I’ll add it to my little “I am” statement…

I am an artist, a photographer and writer, and I have a unique vision 
to share with the world.

It feels a little weird. Like a new style I’m trying on, one that looks good but I’m not comfortable with it yet. I think I need to wear it a little while and see how it feels before I go off and change my “About Me” page. 🙂

Speaking of writing, what brought all of these thoughts to my mind –  my second article for Jenny of Rising Sun Coaching is now posted over on her blog. If you are interested in learning more about how I found my passion and purpose during my time in Italy, and how you can too, then give it a read. 

See you next week! We are off traveling this weekend. Venice again, the in-laws are in town for a visit. I know, rough life. 🙂

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What am I Doing?


“If you do what you’ve always done, you will get what you’ve always gotten.” 
This quote, by either Anthony Robbins or Zig Zigler from what I can tell by some brief and wholly inadequate internet research, is what I’m pondering today. It makes so much sense, it is so clear. I read it and say to myself, of course, how would I get anything different if I’m always doing the same things?
Why then, do we so often stay with doing what we’ve always done? What keeps us there, when we dream of getting something different out of our lives? I think it’s fear…. of failure, of losing something we already have, of being uncomfortable, of the unknown. If we change, try something new, put ourselves out there, what we get might be… worse. Better to stay with what we have. 
But what if we get something better? What about the successes, the new wonderful things, that might be waiting for us if we change? So easy to forget about that, to brush it under the rug of fears we keep ourselves stranded on. Don’t leave this comfortable, warm little rug for the big, bad cold floor of life.
Am I doing what I can, to get something different out of my life? That is the question I’m asking myself today, trying to move off of my little rug.  How about you?

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The Power of Persistence

Nothing in this world can take the place of Persistance.
Talent will not; nothing is more commonplace than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistance and Determination alone are omnipotent.
                                                   – Calvin Coolidge

Isn’t that a wonderful messsage? Persistance is the key. You might not be the most talented, a genius, have the “right” education… but none of those things in itself is the key to success. It is true isn’t it? So when we tell ourselves that we don’t have what it takes to reach our dreams, when we compare to others and say “I don’t have the education” or “They are so much more talented,” we need to stop and remember this message:

“Persistance and Determination alone are omnipotent.”

And continue working onward, upward toward our dreams.

P.S. Today is one of those “out of the blue” blog posts, that I find myself drawn to writing instead of what was planned. Maybe I’ll be inspired to write about Oktoberfest tomorrow. 🙂

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In Motion

Go Lance, Go! Lance Armstrong riding by in the time trial of the Tour of Switzerland.

We spent the weekend in Lugano, Switzerland to watch the Prologue of the Tour de Suisse bicycle race and explore the area a little bit. Patrick got to see lots of cyclists he follows, Brandon got some autographs and I got to play around with photographing cyclists in motion. It was fun to do something out of the ordinary and explore the settings on my camera. Everytime I do something like this, I learn more.

Below is Fabian Cancellara, last years champion and this years time trial winner. I think the cameramen on the back of the motorcycles are awesome! Imagine riding around like that!

I have no clue who these riders are, but I love the look of intensity on their faces.

I have some pics from other locations on the course, but this was my favorite spot to photograph. No distracting background and on a hill so they were slowing down. I won’t bore you with the gazillions of photos I have that are similar, but if you have a favorite rider or team and want a pic let me know the team name and I can email the ones I have of that team. Patrick will have more on his blog too!

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Back with a Bell

I love the monochromatic scheme of this photo… in the weathered bike and bell, and wall, in Brescia. What stories do this image tell you? We each make up our own. That’s what I love about these images.

We just got back from our week long vacation to Rome and Umbria. I had every intention of scheduling blog posts for the entire week we were gone but time got away from me. It was a wonderful week of experiencing something new (or ancient, depending on your perspective!) and I look forward to sharing some images after I sort through the gazillions of photos I took. I don’t even want to think about the number!

(By the way, try explaining a word like “gazillion” to a non-native speaker sometime, it makes you realize how much a language is absorbed, just soaked from the environment, not intentionally learned.)

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