Live Elevated
This is the image I've chosen for my Photo-Heart Connection for March 2014. Many of you are possibly participating in Kat's Liberate Your Art 2014 postcard swap so you understand why I took this picture. This is a postcard I received from Evelyn Spikes in Elgin, Oregon and I wanted to show the contrast of landscapes from the lush green northwest and the dry plains of Texas...including barbed wire and longhorns. I didn't have to go far from home. These longhorns graze in a huge pasture just east of where I live.
Like most of you, I've chosen this photo not because of the image itself, but the emotion I had while shooting it. I don't use my camera as often as I want to as I put off taking photogwalks for many other things that do not lift my soul. Why? That's another blog, but on this day, wandering along the fence line, moving the card here and there to capture the cattle behind it, feeling the breeze on my face and the sun on my shoulders...I felt alive and elevated. I had the best time ever! I can still call to mind the experiences of that day and my heart sings.
Great contrast between the two places. Also the contrast between your happiness while you were creating this photo heart connection and other moments in your life when your creativity is idle.
ReplyDeletewonderful- here's to elevated living!: )
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful - I love the way you composed this shot. I hope you'll let yourself "play" with your camera more. You deserve to have your heart sing every day!
ReplyDeleteLovely PHC, I too hope that your heart will sing some more.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love that description of being "elevated" - lifted up by the creative process. Isn't that the why we do what we do? I love the contrasts of this image - what a very creative way to share both your world and the world of another, in a lovely combination that enhances each.
ReplyDeleteThe photo is gorgeous, I can see why your heart would be singing. It speaks to me of the connection the swap brings, but I like that it also made you consider how and when you create. We all need more in our lives. Thank you for sharing in the Photo-Heart Connection!
ReplyDeleteI love the juxtaposition of the postcard with place . . . and I love those moments that lift our spirits and stay with us long after they've passed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great image, with the contrast in landscapes - well done! How wonderful to have one of those special moments when your spirit and eye are aligned. A wonderful selection for PHC.
ReplyDeleteGreat image! I love all the connections - the swap, the connection to your heart. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful juxtoposition, the image inside the your image is beautiful... and so yours is. Fantastic photo-heart connection
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