It’s time to fly
It’s easier to hold on to our safety net than let it go and fully achieve who we know we are meant to become. It feels easier to hang on to what is safe. We spend years dreaming of what our lives could be but we don’t take action. I know I am not speaking to everyone but I am speaking to the person out there just like me. It’s time to fly.
It’s time to experience all that could be. It’s time to give life to all those dreams in your closet and perhaps even give birth to dreams that are so big, you’ll need to bring them outside because there is just no space to put them away. It’s time for you.
And all the while you might be afraid, even crouch down to protect yourself but at the end of the day only the true “you” is left. What better way to honor yourself than by giving flight to your dreams?
It’s time to fly
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It’s fun to go out in the snow in a really big puffy skirt and shoot. Knowing, yet not fully knowing, what to do. To be able to grab an object and work with it to see where it takes you. You could end up with an image that doesn’t work or you could end up with something that fully surprises you.
All winter I have been excited to shoot in the snow but didn’t know what to shoot. I really liked the idea of wearing all black in an all white situation. As I began editing, I realized how this image along with “Birds of Prey” just needed to be in black and white. There is such a sense of nostalgia for me everytime I create a black and white image. It takes me back to my first days in the darkroom and college. I was obsessed with black and white photography. The true challenge was to find ways to express a concept with shapes instead of colors.
A big thank you to my husband, who keeps being such a HUGE help during my self portraits.
Justyna E Butler - Amen to this! It is time to fly….love the entire message….It’s everything I need to hear this morning!
Anna - Aww thank you so much Justyna! I appreciate you stopping by and commenting 🙂 Hope that you had a great day!
Jolie - I love your creativity in word and image! So inspiring!
Anna - Aww thank you so much Jolie! I really appreciate your words and your comment!
Sarah Fosco - Stunning, stunning images, Anna!
Anna - Thank you so much Sarah! I really appreciate you stopping by!
ginny - Your creativity is genius! I love that you show how you edited it to your vision. Keep it up!!!
Anna - Aww thank you so much Ginny! I appreciate your words 🙂
Kathryn - I always love seeing your process, it’s incredible! For me the first step is getting the dreams out of my head and down onto paper. Then scheduling them into my year!
Anna - I love that you do this Kathryn! I love that you take the time to schedule them into your year. That is brilliant! Thank you for stopping by and commenting 🙂
Valeria - Wonderful! Love seeing those behind the scene shots!
Anna - Aww thank you so much Valeria! I appreciate you stopping by 🙂
Jennifer - I think it’s so great that your husband helps you! I can barely have anyone watch me paint! I feel like things are changing for me this year creatively… hopefully in a good way. I am constantly reminded by those near and dear to me that it is incredibly difficult to make a living as an artist. I would love nothing better than to prove them wrong this year, which will be the year I turn 50! 🙂