Today is gray, damp, and cold, with snow showers in the morning just to remind us that winter never leaves without a fight. This morning when I walked Reggie, there was a sludgy mixture of snowflakes, snow-melt, and frozen melt-water clinging to leaves and buds, so I took a smattering of soggy shots, trying to capture the entire range of spring precipitation.
After all these years of blogging, I find my writing and photography are becoming increasingly connected. On days when I walk and see little worth photographing, I have a difficult time filling my morning journal pages. On mornings when I’ve seen things I find interesting, I have more to write about when I get home. It’s not so much that I write about what I photograph; it’s more a matter of my writer’s eye being opened by the things I’ve seen. The stimulus of seeing gives impetus to my writing.
It pleases me, aesthetically, to see winter snow melting into spring rain; it pleases me, too, to know that budding daffodils will outlast this morning’s snow shower. In late March, we have no other choice but to live in the present moment, yesterday’s (and even this morning’s) weather slipping like quicksilver through our grasp.
This is my contribution to today’s Photo Friday theme, Pleasure. There’s no good reason for me to snap images of raindrops, other than the act of looking at them brings me pleasure.
Mar 26, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Do you find yourself writing about different topics if you go out for a walk without your camera?
I find that when I bring my camera, I notice the stuff around me more. When I walk without my camera, I tend to be more introspective and caught up with some kind of internal dialogue.
Mar 26, 2010 at 2:50 pm
You know, I can’t really say, since I always have my camera in my purse! But it’s a matter of when & whether I take it out of my purse, I guess. On days when everything seems gray and boring, I don’t even bother taking my camera out. On days when I see ONE thing to photograph, having my camera out tends to make me notice a second thing and a third and a fourth.
So yes, I think the camera “inspires” me to look, and looking at one thing inspires me to look at other things. On days when I can’t get my eyes interested in anything, my writing is sluggish, too. It might be a cause & effect kind of thing, or it might be that I’m generally more sluggish when the weather is gray and depressing, and that affects both my writing & photography.
Mar 27, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Love the water drop captures.
Apr 2, 2010 at 8:39 am
Your pictures are wonderful. It’s raining here and instead of being grouchy about it, I thought about the nice drops it might create on buds. Have a nice Easter!