Ever Tried.

Ever Failed.

No Matter

Try Again.

Fail Again.

Fail Better.

Quote - Samuel Beckett

Motivation to stay curious and keep learning ;-))

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April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and poetry that's been in place for 25 years.

Last month, as the U.S. grieved over attacks against Asian Americans, NPR's Morning Edition collected poems on how people grapple with the increased violence and discrimination.

Over 500 listeners shared powerful, poignant poems — in the form of a list beginning with the word "today." They showcased fear, anger, empathy and motivation to make the world a better place.

NPR's resident poet Kwame Alexander took lines from the submissions to create a community poem, "Today, I Am A Witness To Change."

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To quote just a few:

Today I hesitate

for the first time, I wonder if I should stay home and not walk the neighborhood.

it's not the weather or the virus — the day is beautiful

Today

I'm frozen

Terrified.

I cannot hide

This skin

This hair

These eyes.

I see the punch, punch, punch of a community at war.

Today I am a witness.

I rush past the jeering white boys that say I brought corona to America.

My soul is wary.

Today, a video call full of empty boxes

Stares at me, apprehensively.

Students locked behind a screen

Their hearts and minds

Severed

From one another.

Today, the headlines say March Madness

Today, I don't watch basketball.

The madness is in the streets.

In broad daylight.

On the concrete sidewalks of New York.

In the silence of bystanders.

It's in the textbooks. The classrooms. The family dinners. The lies we tell.

Today the rain falls

and falls

and falls

and falls.

a silent tear from a weeping woman.

Today, I will say their names

I will cancel class and try again tomorrow.

That's a scary thought to commute to NYC nowadays for me, even I'm FULLY inoculated. :-(((

Ja, das ist ein recht bekannter See und ein absoluter Hotspot. Daher - und auch wenn es dort wunderschön ist - besuche ich diesen Ort absolut ungerne, denn ich mag lieber die einsamen Plätze, wo ich für mich sein kann.

Am Parkplatz angekommen, waren schon einige Leute unterwegs und meine nicht vorhandene Motivation ist nochmal weiter in den Keller gerutscht. Aber mein Freund hatte darauf bestanden hier hin wollte und wäre ziemlich beleidigt gewesen, wenn ich zuhause geblieben wäre.

Zunächst habe ich überlegt am Auto zu bleiben und nochmal eine Runde zu schlafen (der Wecker hat um 4:30 Uhr geklingelt), aber dann habe ich beschlossen doch einfach mal loszulaufen.

Unterwegs ist die Stimmung dann doch nach oben gegangen, denn über dem See hing Nebel und die Stimmung war großartig. An den ersten Spots waren schon Leute, so bin ich einfach weitergelaufen.

Übrigens ein weiterer Grund, weshalb ich diesen See nicht mag ist, dass ich die letzten Jahre hinterher immer mindestens eine Zecke eingesammelt habe (ich habe sie zum Glück aber immer fangen und wieder aussetzen können, bevor sie mich gebissen haben).

Am eigentlichen Ort angekommen, ist meine Unmotivation aber blitzschnell verflogen, denn der Anblick war einfach wunderschön und hat alle negativen Gedanken in Windeseile weggespült.

Dieser einmalig schöne Morgen war es auf alle Fälle wert sich aus dem Bett zu quälen und ich werde die nächste Zeit sicher noch ein paar weitere Bilder von diesem tollen Vormittag hochladen.

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So go hater, make EMMIE proud (turn the hate off)

But you just can't seem to stop there (whoa, hater)

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I have not found the motivation to go out and search for wildlife lately. I have found an abundance, however, here at home. It's just as unpredictable as wildlife elsewhere but easier to grab my camera. This year's fawn season has been especially gratifying. Portions of the yard appear to have become a playground of sorts. At about 5 or 6 weeks, these two found that the dirt driveway to the barn was perfect to try out their new running shoes. That didn't keep them from stopping for a portrait.

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For some time now I'm lacking of motivation, I'm having trouble finding my way, and I'm having a hard time blossoming in what I'm doing. All of this locks me in a vicious circle. So much that I've been sick for 2 months and I think if I still am, it's because I don't want to heal.

To try and get me out of this, I bet on my long-term photo projects, it's more or less effective, making progress is encouraging.

I'm asking a lot of questions, but I think I should just ask the others.

I kind of quitted my sociability from the Netherlands to get back to my French solitaire daily routine.

It's hard to describe the state of mind in which I am, because despite this, morally I am in good shape, but I'm still a little bit annoyed by what's going on right now.

I will try to do a week of black and white photo next week, I was thinking of self-Portraits, I don't know too much, if you have ideas, leave it in comment, I'll take care of the rest ;)

It's been a long time since I've written about me, but I like to do it once in a while, just to figure out why I'm taking pictures of a guy for a period.

I'm not going to ask you to share, I prefer this post to be seen by the people who follow me (of course you do whatever you want ! ), however, do not hesitate to comment (especially if you want to see me experiment techniques).

I hope you enjoy seeing me back with a sombrero in the middle of winter, because I have other photos in this style :)

Happy Sunday and see you soon!

__ French __

Depuis un moment je manque de motivation, j'ai du mal à voir où je veux aller et j'ai du mal à m’épanouir dans ce que je fais. Tout ça m'enferme dans un cercle vicieux. A tel point que ça fait 2 mois que je suis malade et je pense que si je le reste, c'est parce qu’intérieurement, je ne souhaite pas guérir.

Pour essayer de me sortir de ça, j'ai misé sur mes projets photos à long terme, c'est plus ou moins efficace, le fait d'avancer est encourageant.

Je me pose plein de questions, alors que je pense que je devrais surtout en poser aux autres.

J'ai un peu quitté ma sociabilité des Pays-Bas pour revenir à mon train train de solitaire Français.

C'est difficile de décrire l'état d'esprit dans lequel je suis puisque malgrè ça, moralement j'ai la forme, mais je reste un peu saoulé par ce qui se passe en ce moment.

Je vais essayer de faire une semaine de photo en noir et blanc la semaine prochaine, je pensais à des autoportraits, je ne sais pas trop, si vous avez des idées, laissez-moi ça en commentaire, je m'occupe du reste ;)

ça faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas écris sur moi, mais j'aime bien le faire un coup de temps en temps ne serais-ce que pour comprendre un peu pourquoi je sort des photos d'un type pendant une période.

Je ne vais pas vous demander de partager, je préfère que ce poste s'adresse aux gens qui me suivent (après vous faites ce que vous voulez !), par contre n'hésitez pas à commenter (surtout si vous voulez me voir expérimenter des techniques).

J'espère que vous appréciez me voir de dos avec un sombrero en plein hiver, parce que j'ai d'autres photos dans ce style :)

Bon dimanche et à bientôt !

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