Sentimental Picture

       The leaves are falling heavily this week around my world. Everything has lost it's color, turning a dull dead memory of the coloring contest I consider fall. I've been a bit mesmerized watching these leaves drift to the ground. Perhaps I have too much time on my hands, but my computer looks out a large window and they are hard to ignore.

       
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I think I've wrote down about 20 metaphors for falling leaves. The one that is floating through my thoughts today, is in the way photographs are like the leaves on a persons tree of life. My tree is fat full of photographs to illustrate where I've come from, what I've done, and in a real way, mirrors what I am all about..............

       The way I see it, there are four ways to capture history, past, memories and a persons life in a way others can also examine it. The first and foremost is through writing. I got that one down pat. The second way is through video, and I'm a complete failure in that department, I have a video camera and rarely, if ever, use it.  Third is through telling stories, campfire story, in person, to people who will actually listen and remember......... And Lastly, through ... photographs.

Photography compliments my nostalgic characteristics. 

       I'm a sentimental fool. There is no use in denying that. So for a sentimental heart such as mine, writing and photography makes my world go round and round, in a good way. I also love to view other peoples photo's, invite me over to your house and you'll likely have to pull out a photobook for me to examine. It's my thang. I love the visual poetry aspect to memories............

       I discovered this little RockYou website via pilfering the link off someone's journal. Damned if I can remember who's journal it was either.......sorry :o) It was interesting going through my files and files of photographs compiling some of my favorites. When I watched the finished product I was happy with the history I've captured. I believe in the notion that a snapshot really can be worth a thousand words. I like to think my snapshots tell a story of someone who spends an enormous amount of time outside and surrounded by children.

       If you have a vault of digital photo's saved on your computer I would love to see other people's photo history. A bit like me coming over for a visit, parking my butt on your sofa and requesting a photo album to stroll through. If you do the RockYou thang, please let me know and leave me a link to your journal so I can come watch a piece of your history~~~