{day 36 and 38}

Making the days wacky, just to keep you on your toes. :)

I once read a blog of a really talented photographer who said something to the effect that she pretty much puts the camera down during the winter and resumes in the spring, because she can't find anything to inspire her during the cold, dreary winter months. I kind of get that. I mean, everywhere you turn in the spring in summer, you can find something to stir your heart. A new flower pushing through the earth, trees made beautiful by their brilliantly green leaves, the late afternoon sun. I do so look forward to the spring.

That being said, I have found a special kind of joy in the search for the beautiful during the winter months. It can certainly push you creatively. Maybe because I'm fairly new to the world of photography I find that I crave the challenge. I figure if I can continue to produce pleasing pictures when very little is pleasing to the eye right now, then I can only be growing as some sort of an artist. (I still feel like a pretentious bum when I say things like that, but you know what I mean.) Any photographer, be they amateur or professional, can't but benefit from constant time behind the camera. And you never know, maybe a piece of your heart will forever be sold to the simplicity of the chill winter sky, as a piece of mine is.