Hi Everyone,
Last winter and spring I was fried. I had given everything I had to write, birth, and launch my second book and I had nothing left to give.
I was sure I had more in me to write and say, I just wasn't feeling it. I was running on empty.
In the absence of motivation and juice, I reached for the one thing that has always given me joy: my camera.
I dusted off my Instagram account,
pushed through my resistance to figure out how the platform works, and started to reconnect with one of my very first (childhood) loves: taking pictures.
I set a simple goal to post one photo a day from my iPhone. It was fun. It was nourishing. Over time, I
discovered a few apps that make it possible to play and deepen my experience even more: change the image size, insert a filter, add a frame. I was hooked.
I never know what each day will bring. It could be the way the afternoon light dances through a window, or the pull of a grove of trees speaking to me in their magic tree
language. It is this silent communion – and often blurry line – between observer and observed that intrigues me, and sometimes takes my breath away.
If you're an Instagram user and would enjoy my daily explorations of light and life in the slow lane, join me @SpaciousWay. Let me know what you think in the comment box. And if you're not an Instagramer, it's easy and free to join. Just click here.
For more ways to turn up the light (...some Mary Oliver inspiration, a new program I'm offering, a book excerpt)... keep scrolling.
Wherever you are this summer, I wish you light-filled blessings.
Stephanie
