I have always had a fascination with the sky, but began taking photos after starting a 365 Project on Valentine's Day of 2011. I wanted to begin taking notice of all the beauty around me {click HERE to read the post} since it is so easy to just live day to day without appreciating all that is. I'm not sure if I was anticipating all the positive changes this would bring about in my life.
Just as loosing someone reminds you to appreciate life and truly live it; the sky causes me to pause and be in awe of it's magnificence & realize we are created with this same splendor. Both remind us not to waste this one precious life we have now - to radiate our exquisiteness every minute we are here - to live..and to love.
A quote I love about the sky & love...
Even after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe me."
Look what happens with
A love like that.
It lights the whole sky.
~Hafiz
Recently, Connie at Dirty Footprints Studio lost a dear friend and was inspired to create a tribute to him. She reached out to her blog community for help by asking for them to take a picture of their sky and send it to her. She created a beautiful video of 326 different views of the sky - the same sky we all live under together - check out "Piecing Together The Sky".
The sky photo I submitted to Connie's project was in memory of my Grandmother who I had just written about in a blog post {read here}...she was a huge part of my childhood. I was blessed to have her in my life for so long. I will never forget her love.
Below is my video inspired by Connie's project {my first video ever}...the second set of words in the video are from a poem I wrote a few years ago that seemed to fit perfectly with my thoughts as I watched the video. These are some of the photos of the sky that I have taken over the past year or so after starting my 365 project.
I hope you enjoy it...
Just as loosing someone reminds you to appreciate life and truly live it; the sky causes me to pause and be in awe of it's magnificence & realize we are created with this same splendor. Both remind us not to waste this one precious life we have now - to radiate our exquisiteness every minute we are here - to live..and to love.
A quote I love about the sky & love...
Even after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe me."
Look what happens with
A love like that.
It lights the whole sky.
~Hafiz
Recently, Connie at Dirty Footprints Studio lost a dear friend and was inspired to create a tribute to him. She reached out to her blog community for help by asking for them to take a picture of their sky and send it to her. She created a beautiful video of 326 different views of the sky - the same sky we all live under together - check out "Piecing Together The Sky".
The sky photo I submitted to Connie's project was in memory of my Grandmother who I had just written about in a blog post {read here}...she was a huge part of my childhood. I was blessed to have her in my life for so long. I will never forget her love.
Below is my video inspired by Connie's project {my first video ever}...the second set of words in the video are from a poem I wrote a few years ago that seemed to fit perfectly with my thoughts as I watched the video. These are some of the photos of the sky that I have taken over the past year or so after starting my 365 project.
I hope you enjoy it...
Loved the pictures, and the video. That Hafiz poem is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeletethank you for taking the time to view it!
DeleteThank you for visiting me, isn't it wonderful to connect under this one amazing sky? Your video is beautiful. x
ReplyDeleteyes, it sure is! and thank you. :-)
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