Been traveling constantly for a week -- my usual midweek migration between houses, then a weekend trip with my extended family, then a couple nights home, now in Mexico. Things have been a bit up in the air as a result and this, I am realizing, is where this project slips. I am seeing the value of the discipline of not only shooting every day but posting every day. When I'm not dashing about madly in my regular life -- if I had a Latin motto, it would be "Oportet nos custodiunt pistris incedendo" (or, We must keep the shark moving forward) -- I have moments, even days, of creative energy and focus. But those come and go, as unexpected and fugitive as the February sun.
But being in that place always feels incredibly good, and I think I now get, understand, grasp with double-clutched fists the fact that doing this project is going to make those times more present and accessible. The habit of being visually present all the time, not just when life shows me a little mercy, is one that is made. Not given.
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