I've been touched...

I have just recently read a quote by Ansel Adams that will now be with me the rest of my life...

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." ~Ansel Adams

Really just sit and think about this quotation! It can go very deep on so many levels. Overall, I know that we all need in our lives a bit more silence to just breathe in life as it happens every second around us. As I peer through old and new photographs I feel the life that was in them that was captured at that very instance. Just by looking at the mood of the sky, the life in the faces, or the communication between whatever subjects are present, you can feel the photograph almost as intimately as you smell a pie baking. And all of this can be taken in as loud or silent as you allow it. But keep in mind, there is never a truly silent photo...for pictures are always of life. How special is life...just look around you...you may not have your camera close to capture it on film but you have just captured in your mind and soul, a moment of life that will never happen the same again. This same quote above...also strikes me in another fancy. I have an overall fear of death. I have a strong belief of God and heaven above, and although with my belief that through death and the acceptance into the kingdom of Heaven life is better than how we know it - however, I love my life as I know it now! I have a wonderful family and 2 beautiful children that I don't want to stop watching grow, learn, blossom into wonderful people. I am a people watcher...I love to see the sun set and the sun rise each day. To open my windows and hear life outside is comforting in every way. And what I have found with Photography is I am able to capture life and make it stand still for future generations / or individuals to view...as it is likely at some point when a photograph taken by me is being viewed, I will then be in silence...but this will still be how I can forever live in my life as I know it and love it! Hold your life and those you love close to you, don't let go and capture every detail you can, for it all is so beautiful and too beautiful to let go unseen!

Hugs & smiles,
Charity T.