Finding Direction

24/10/2020

I had high expectations when I started writing this blog, I wanted to write richly, deeply and often about my experiences and life, and post these regularly. Then, unfortunately, life happened with a side order of Covid-19 lockdown and life changed rather dramatically. Those changes affected me, and my family and countless others too. I also happened to lose much of my desire to write and create.

My draft blogs became a litany of angry blasts, both against myself, for a perceived lack of discipline, and against all the injustices which I felt had been stacked up against me. These included being retrenched, having to move, and various running battles with government departments and insurance companies.

Honestly, I hated what I was writing and my interest in posting my blog fell off quite rapidly. I even got to a stage where I felt divorced from my camera, and to those of you who know me, that’s quite a thing.

However, I still really love writing but I just feel the direction needs to change. To paraphrase Goose from “Top Gun”, I feel the need, the need for a positive blog!

I read a comment this morning by Viktor Frankl “Yes to life, in spite of everything” This honestly had such an impact on me, here is a Holocaust survivor with such an incredible positive comment, in spite of everything he went through. How I need to end this spiral of despair I am feeling!

Life is worth living, in spite of everything that goes against us.

I thought back about this past week, it really has been unsatisfactory, both personally and my expectations of others, but has it really been that bad? I managed to resolve two photography dilemmas with which I have been wrestling, both of which have a positive impact on my creativity and the work which I can produce. So, all things being equal, its actually been a damn good week.

I would like some input from you. What photograph, writing or comment, be it from a literary figure, movie character or family member, has inspired you? I would be delighted if you could share these with me.

Thank you for indulging me.