daystar297
Comfort and Joy
Just wanted to share this shot I made several years back ... it was kinda lifechanging for me then ... and as I reflect on it again in these times it's become significant once again ... I saw this guy practicing in a quiet corner of NYC's Washington Sq Park ... and later that nite when working on it ... the image became so impactful that it inspired me right then to go online and order a pocket trumpet ... I'd been away from my instrument for about five years ... but since that day and this image my horn hasn't ever been far from my side ... I was fortunate to know Dizzy Gillespie for more than 20 years ... and thru him got to know and play with many of the young NYC jazz players when I was a young jazz player ... and spotting this guy in the park brought me back to the joy and comfort that music had given me since I was 12 ....
Well ... since I don't have many opportunities to make new images these days ... last nite I re-worked this one from my past .... and it's impact and power struck once again ... and inspired me to purchase a keyboard and attempt to spend this time at home and try to re-learn the piano .... Just want to thank my parents and teachers once again for blessing me with the gift of music ... and my gratitiude to all of the musicians I've gotten to know , play with , befriend and shoot with my camera over these years for the inspiration and joy I've gotten from their gifts and performances .. and remember too that this time of solitude can be used to rekindle some of those forgotten passions that we never seemed to have time for in the past ....
Please friends .... everyone stay safe and healthy and Be Happy … 💛💜💛
Comfort and Joy
Just wanted to share this shot I made several years back ... it was kinda lifechanging for me then ... and as I reflect on it again in these times it's become significant once again ... I saw this guy practicing in a quiet corner of NYC's Washington Sq Park ... and later that nite when working on it ... the image became so impactful that it inspired me right then to go online and order a pocket trumpet ... I'd been away from my instrument for about five years ... but since that day and this image my horn hasn't ever been far from my side ... I was fortunate to know Dizzy Gillespie for more than 20 years ... and thru him got to know and play with many of the young NYC jazz players when I was a young jazz player ... and spotting this guy in the park brought me back to the joy and comfort that music had given me since I was 12 ....
Well ... since I don't have many opportunities to make new images these days ... last nite I re-worked this one from my past .... and it's impact and power struck once again ... and inspired me to purchase a keyboard and attempt to spend this time at home and try to re-learn the piano .... Just want to thank my parents and teachers once again for blessing me with the gift of music ... and my gratitiude to all of the musicians I've gotten to know , play with , befriend and shoot with my camera over these years for the inspiration and joy I've gotten from their gifts and performances .. and remember too that this time of solitude can be used to rekindle some of those forgotten passions that we never seemed to have time for in the past ....
Please friends .... everyone stay safe and healthy and Be Happy … 💛💜💛