Musings on Being the Artist of Your Day
Floor Studies, Photo No. 5, by Mary Gow
Continuing with the inspiration from Tyler Mitchell’s MasterClass, “Tyler Mitchell Teaches Storytelling Through Portrait Photography,” I took this photo looking at the living room floor. What you see when you look at your floor? In my July posting I mentioned Mitchell’s recommendation to take pictures every day. Observe the floor beneath our feet — that’s do-able.
Following the advice of photographer, Tyler Mitchell, in his MasterClass “Tyler Mitchell Teaches Storytelling Through Portrait Photography” I’ve been taking a series of photographs of the floor.
You can see Day One of my series by clicking HERE.
Applying an app I love called Paper Artist, the image immediately skewed in a new direction.
The exercise is easy.
Who doesn’t have a floor?
Here’s what I captured on Day 2. I was looking at the floor through crossed legs. The Paper Artist filter pushed the image into an abstraction.
Like Tyler says, “Daydream about photography.”
“Celebrate!” a doodle drawing by Mary Gow.
After Christmas the focus shifts to getting organized, getting healthy and – – oh yes, getting ready for the next big holiday.
Sorting papers I found this written on a card and it’s worth sharing:
RECIPE FOR A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE
1. Never get used to anything.
2. Hold onto the child in you.
3. Keep your curiosity alive.
4. Trust your intuition.
5. Delight in simple things.
6. Fall madly in love with the World.
7. Say “yes” to Life with passion.
8. Remember “Today is the Day!”
-Ruth Bernhard, Oct. 14, 1995
Heart 26 by Mary Gow
“Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak.
Be grateful to the mud, water, air and the light.”
― Amit Ray, author of “Nonviolence: The Transforming Power”
Watch Marie Forleo’s interview of Seth Godin “Show Up and Do the Work, Even If You Don’t Feel Like It” is here:
https://youtu.be/a8j7HbJFmiA
Seth Godin inspires me in this interview – to the point I decided to post today’s not so perfect Heart No. 26.
By the way, today I found out I could restore my blog to what it looked like a week ago. It worked. What a relief!
Most importantly I am showing up to stay consistent in my desire to post at least once a week after posting 25 hearts in 25 days in a row.
Keep the faith.
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