Carla Ten Eyck was our guest speaker. Carla is an amazing woman. She's a wife, a mom, a super talented photographer and someone who constantly pushes herself to do better. If you get to know her a bit, you realize that she is a real "doer". Things don't just get written down on a list to try out at a later date, she just puts ideas into action before they have a chance to stale. I found her presentation and words so inspiring because I always have an ongoing list of things that I want to shoot, things that I'm passionate about. The reality for me is that I probably get to about 50% of them. I can feel so buried by all of the hats that I wear as a self employed woman. Carla brought up some very interesting questions that began to rattle around in my brain. I'm famous for saying, "put it on the list". Well maybe I will still keep a list because I'm forgetful, but I think that I will approach it with an organized mind and a selfish "just do it" attitude. Creativity is an action, an energy that expands. I love the expression, "What would you do if you knew that you could not fail". So thanks to Carla I have some serious questions to ask myself, not just today but everyday. So my house might be a mess and the yard could probably use some more clean up before the Winter really sets in, but today I sat at my computer and just tackled some of the projects that I've wanted to get to. Only a dent in the surface really, but I feel like I've had a productive day. I even found these two photographs of my son and his toys that I've wanted to do something with. I love to combine images that have a common denominator yet a strange juxtaposition. For the record these were shot in the Winter of 2007.
