Find Your True Passion.
:Passion and hard work create success.
We went to Quabbin to 'isolate' ourselves. Now, it's 'off-limits' due to 'isolation.'
Back when, we often dreamt of our goals, not so much now.
Routine kills Dreams. We seemed so saddled with an expanded ritual of routines.
Like it or not, we are now free from many of our constraints to adapt and forge a new existence.
What do we want to do? What do we want to do more of now?
Harder to be encouraged with all the uncertainty.
We have freedom to listen to our inner thoughts from our mind, heart, and soul.
One day visiting Quabbin, I searched for that one image that would involve my emotions and feelings.
I searched and searched, then, gave up! What's the point. An off day.
So I played, wandered, and hung out at the shore line.
I let go of my need to capture that significant image.
Not, having a goal in mind, I felt my passion for my sense of place grow stronger. Maybe, it was always there.
My mindfulness became more evident. Magically, following my inner feelings, a scene unfolded before me.
Wanting a higher landscape horizon, my knees dropped down slowly to the rocks. Squirmed back and forth until the composition felt right.
My black and white film slide would be devoid of color so leading lines, patterns, and repeating forms would dominate.
Excitement. Satisfaction. Passion realized. Click!
Stay strong, my friends.
P.S. Recent blog images were expertly scanned from my ol' color slides by Pivot Media in Florence, MA.
About the Author: Robert Floyd enjoys awareness and being in the moment. So appreciative of heroes in his life. You can usually find him, when he’s not in The Robert Floyd Photo Gallery, leading Zoom sessions and creating 2020 field trips in the beautiful Pioneer Valley, Cape Cod, Cape May, Newport, Manhattan, and Nova Scotia.
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Image: Isolation at Quabbin Reservoir ©Robert Floyd, 2020
