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[May 2008] Taking pictures, like singing and music, has become something therapeutic for me. Whenever I'm feeling sad or lonely or unproductive or uninspired...like I'm just spinning my wheels or turning in circles and getting nowhere...I can grab my camera and go out into the world and it always, always makes me feel better.
Not only does taking pictures thrust me out into the world even when I feel like withdrawing from it, but it makes me see the world again, or anew, and I inevitably end up interacting with it in a way I might not have before. And I see things I might not have seen --not really-- before. There are a lot of people who assert that putting a camera between yourself and the world creates some kind of 'barrier,' or that it disengages you from the 'here and now' because your experience is being mediated by a camera... But I tend to disagree. Rather strongly, in fact.
Take this photo for instance. I drove by an old barracks building out in the Marin Headlands yesterday afternoon, because I didn't know what else to do with myself, so I drove out to the Marin Headlands. Yeah, sure, there were a million things I could have and should have been doing with my precious weekend time, but I didn't want --or couldn't bring myself-- to do any of them. So instead of just turning circles in my apartment, I packed up my camera and got in my car and drove out to a place I hadn't visited in a number of years. As I was driving by this old barracks building, I (barely) noticed a lamp in a window, and the late afternoon light was hitting it in a certain way. I made a mental note of it and kept driving, but then I thought to myself, "No. You should stop. You should stop and get out of the car and try to photograph that lamp and that light -- because it caught your eye."
So I parked the car and walked back down the road and stood on the ground looking up at the window. I took a shot of the lamp --a simple clamp lamp-- but it didn't really come out. I could tell, though, from the way the light was hitting that lamp, that there must have been some wonderful late afternoon light pouring into the space... So I climbed up on the splintery old wooden platform [what are those things called? those old wooden platforms, like sidewalks, that you see in frontier towns and western movies?] to get a better glimpse.
And this is what I saw...this is what I found.
Now if I weren't a photographer, and if I didn't have a camera with me, I never would have seen this incredible little scene, this living still life. Because while the room was completely still and empty, it also felt like it was full of a presence -- either a memory of, or an anticipation of presence...
It's like therapy, for me, these moments...these little discoveries.
Which, I guess, makes this the therapist's chair.
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This awesome image was taken on my way back from Horseshoe Lake, North East of Carefree, Arizona, I ventured out alone that day, just looking for fall colors, which there is not a lot of in my location. But this view.. it just swept me away with its beauty. I wondered how many people even notice this as they are dragging their boats and sandrails to their destination. They drove by me, probably thinking there must be an animal or something out where I was pointing my camera, not realizing what beauty we have with the blooming desert and all of the beautiful mountains as a backdrop. So I grabbed this photo and thought to myself...Their Loss!
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No need to comment. This is my therapy, after writing to all representatives and senators. They do nothing!
Shhh...back to therapy. Thanks for looking.
Gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)
I cut some of these small delicate flowers in the garden the other day and brought them inside to photograph. They're a type of wild garlic. The background colour is courtesy of a turquoise sheet of paper
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Katia is a life saver. My brother's therapist suggested he get a cat to help with his depression. My brother is now a changed person, thanks to this fluffy, sweet cat. Texture added.
Dew on wild grass turns into tiny bokeh balls.
Backlight. Belly photo.
Such horribly crazy times. Photo therapy with morning caffeine: a good way to greet the day. No news.
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I was talking to my co-workers during lunch today about light painting and how relaxing it was. One of them said that it sounded like therapy, hence the title. :-) Hope everyone is having a relaxing middle of the week. :-) Image taken using strobe lights and Plexiglas with a black background.
It's minor jaunts like this that causes me to realize how connected to the coast I am. I have pretty much lived within a few hours drive of the Pacific. It has a comforting effect, always there in its various moods whenever I need it.
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Three of our therapy dogs posing for photos when we visited St. Dominic's retirement community last week. These animals all started life as street dogs, the dog on the right has only one eye. After many months of rehab and training, they have emerged as wonderful canine good citizens.
I needed some nature therapy today and sat down on the ground and had a little chit chat with this little guy (Ant on the right ) I'm certain that he couldn't wait for me to leave
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My husband and I were fortunate enough to discover this beautiful park in Manchester, Tennessee! I imagine it must be popular with the locals but we had never heard of it before. Probably my favorite day on our road trip. I love getting outside and enjoying nature it is therapy for my soul!
Carrasqueira Stilts Pier - Alcácer do Sal - Portugal
For me, Photography works as a therapy and when we are presented with a sunset like this ... certainly the week will run much better.
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Destructive therapy... - We came across this old reclining treatment bed on the top floor of a gigantic abandoned hospital complex that dates from 1871. What would have happened on this table.... After some research it appears that different types of inhumane treatments were used in the hope to cure the psychiatric patients. Closed in the early 80's and abandoned ever since. Little by little it gets structural problems...until the day it takes all its history down with it.
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