This might be my 68th photograph of this path, a path I've been making friends with since moving to Urbandale in 2008. No, I haven't actually counted the number of path pictures I've received, but they are numerous. Each season needs to be chronicled. I love the brilliantly colored red and gold leaves in the fall and the abundantly lush green of the summer and the bleak starkness of winter.
Yesterday I asked myself, as I was contemplating yet another photo of this path, (the one you see above), what is so tantalizing about path pictures?
Path pictures are iconic, they remind me that life is a journey. Looking at a path picture, I feel a sense of being in motion. I wonder if looking at a path picture would satisfy movement maven Katy Bowman? She says toss out your furniture and sit on the floor when you come home from walking the path. Move!
Do you like path pictures or photographs? What do they remind you of? Are you tempted to receive path photos on your camera or do you paint or draw paths?
Let me know by replying to this email or going to blog comment section.
Thanks for exploring the mystery - Nicky Mendenhall
I think path pictures make me think of the possibilities. I want to get lost in them.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that as we open to the path, we open to possibilities.
DeleteI'm curious what you mean by getting lost. Lost in possibilities - what would that look like to you? What would we see?