Last week I called out for guest bloggers to write a post for me while I'm busy stressing away at work.
Here is one of the first pieces I received, from a writer and musician named Rachelle Nones (there's a link to her song below, CHECK IT OUT!!) . Please enjoy!
Photography has taught me a lot about how important it is to quickly respond to inspiration whenever and wherever it taps you on the shoulder. When I was living in Nashville, I was continually learning about the different plants and flowers that were native to the region. As I walked through a field one day, I spotted a cluster of dainty mystery plants sprouting huge soft downy globes of milky white seeds perched high atop long slender deep green stems. I experienced my usual “wished I’d brought my camera along” angst and thought about returning to photograph them the next morning.
Fast forward to the next day. I grabbed my camera and headed out to photograph the striking plants. Huh? The wind had beaten me to them. The tiny white seeds comprising those dandy over-sized spheres had been wildly scattered by nature’s firm hand. Spare strands of filmy translucent wisps remained intact but the bare plants that had been artfully revised by nature looked nothing like the striking delicate beauties that I glimpsed the other day.
Though similar opportunities would present themselves in the future, I knew that the sunlight would never again shed light on those downy white blooms in exactly the same manner. Dozens of other changes would occur over time. The moment had passed. A creative opportunity had been snatched from my grasp.
Lesson learned. What about you? Have you ever let a creative opportunity slip through your hands because you hesitated when you should have acted?
Rachelle Nones is a prose writer by day and a songwriter by night. You can listen to her latest song "Austin Weird" on Jango free radio here.
Here is one of the first pieces I received, from a writer and musician named Rachelle Nones (there's a link to her song below, CHECK IT OUT!!) . Please enjoy!
Photography has taught me a lot about how important it is to quickly respond to inspiration whenever and wherever it taps you on the shoulder. When I was living in Nashville, I was continually learning about the different plants and flowers that were native to the region. As I walked through a field one day, I spotted a cluster of dainty mystery plants sprouting huge soft downy globes of milky white seeds perched high atop long slender deep green stems. I experienced my usual “wished I’d brought my camera along” angst and thought about returning to photograph them the next morning.
Fast forward to the next day. I grabbed my camera and headed out to photograph the striking plants. Huh? The wind had beaten me to them. The tiny white seeds comprising those dandy over-sized spheres had been wildly scattered by nature’s firm hand. Spare strands of filmy translucent wisps remained intact but the bare plants that had been artfully revised by nature looked nothing like the striking delicate beauties that I glimpsed the other day.
Though similar opportunities would present themselves in the future, I knew that the sunlight would never again shed light on those downy white blooms in exactly the same manner. Dozens of other changes would occur over time. The moment had passed. A creative opportunity had been snatched from my grasp.
Lesson learned. What about you? Have you ever let a creative opportunity slip through your hands because you hesitated when you should have acted?
Rachelle Nones is a prose writer by day and a songwriter by night. You can listen to her latest song "Austin Weird" on Jango free radio here.
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