The magic of being

For us who seek being and doing are one of the same.

if you can walk,
you can dance.
if you can talk,
you can sing!

-Zimbabwe proverb

Be Deliberate

When we moved into our house we decided to paint one entire wall in our kitchen with  chalkboard paint.  Excellent decision.  Why? (CP rationalized that it was for our child(ren).  Really, it was for dear ole me and my poor scattered brain.)

Instant creativity.  And, creativity that was multi-functional: both a tool and a toy.  Note-taking, doodling, idea catcher for mommy and a note-taking, scribble/scrabble, one-wall-haven-my-kids-can-actually-write-on-until-their-hearts-content with nothing but melodic mewing from dear ole mommy...

From this creative concept came chalk blogs:

Chalk blog (v): read, write, or share an idea.  Must use chalk.

 A fine example of such creative genius...

On evening while hanging out at our house our good friend, DJ Eurok, created this piece.

When i see something I liked I often want to immortalize it with the click of my camera lens.  While reading this mornging i ran into this idea,

You will be held accountable for the time you have been given...

Until next time....

b.

Optimism & Certainty

exercise hope

rather than doubt...

... it is all good

of this we can be sure.

Until next time,

b

Makes me wanna holla...

I love the unexpected.  Its rare that when it arrives at my doorstep unmeasurable joy isn't a part of it's appearance.  Such was my experience while shooting the festivities at Local 16.

The vibe was super festive as guests: friends, co-workers and family arrived. 

 

   Food was plentiful.  The bar, open. 

The setting and mood matched the light pouring in from the windows:

natural and gorgeous. 

 

Laughter punctuated the air, 

 fingers snapped and an occasional holla escaped as the 'right' song

  inspired backs to sway and hips to shake... watch out there now...

makes me wanna holla

forty is so the new thirty

 when you do your thang...
 

When you celebrate your life. 

It gives others the permission to do the same.

Until next time...

b

Just do it; don't think

It was the end of the shoot.  He was unraveling himself from a move.  Up, over and around.  "Can you balance on one hand?"  It was out  of my mouth before i could stop myself.   His response was immediate,"I don't know.  Let me see..."

 

when was the last time

you did something for the first time

Compassion

"Whenever you meet anyone, remember they are going through a great war."
Emerson

Reverence

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. 

But in practice, there is."