3: Sharing Inspiration

I love aesthetics. Creativity is my therapy. I live by these statements and photography is one of the means through which I try to capture the essence, the beauty, and the pulse of life.

 

I seek and find inspiration in everything. When nothing suits my fancy, I search for something – either on the web, in books, through travel… If you really look for it, you’re always bound to find something that makes the blood rush through your veins. It can be as simple as a genuine smile, a song, or a breathtaking seascape.

 

My greatest inspiration is Love. I have had my heart broken, and I’ve shed my fair share of tears, but this little wasted heart still beats strongly. Someone once told me that a broken heart, fixed or not, will always be broken. I told her that that’s true, but sometimes, if fixed in the right way, it can actually turn out to be more beautiful than it was when it was untouched – take stained glass and mosaic as an example.

 

One of my greatest sources of inspiration, Vincent Van Gogh, once wrote:

 

“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well”.

 

I live by this.

 

Unfortunately I’m really living on the fast lane. It does not kill my creativity, but it does drain out time and energy. Starting this PhotoLog was a good idea – I have to stop the spinning for a while and share something.

 

I will never stop at existing; I shall always live.

 

In picture: Photography books; photography magazines; postcards from Paris, London and Rome.

 

Done