For an hour and a half I drove around the neighborhood expecting to see something. I confess that on the first day I was waiting to see something that would blow my mind, something extraordinary, I wanted to create a spectacular image, but all I could do was talk to God. I was trying to explain what was going through my heart and mind, even if it didn’t make any sense I know it did for Him.
What to see? What do I expect to find? What will I find? How do I see beyond what my physical eyes can see and rather observe beyond the surface? What will I find? Will my heart be changed in this process? How? Is this totally crazy? Will the images be coherent at the end? Will they tell a story?
I threw around so many questions that I was finally left speechless, I didn’t know what else to ask or what to say. That’s when it hit me! I needed to clear my head in order to listen, there was no way I could’ve payed attention when I was trying to make sense out of my thoughts. All I had to do was slow down and see beyond the ordinary and focus on the small details that make creation perfect.
That’s when I found this image. This sweet orange flower was sitting in the middle of a beautiful green sea. Huge delicate green leaves that surrounded the flower, like they were protecting her. Of course there were other flowers, but this little one was on her own. Still. Beautiful.
It’s incredible how close this scene is from my house and I’ve never driven so slow to pay attention to them. There I understood how I had to approach this project; slow down and look carefully. “You’re not going to do anything else but photograph what is already there; look for the simple things, listen closely and I’ll point them out to you ”. A simple rule that continued to be a reminder of why I was doing this: BE STILL.