My Tree of Life
At the beginning of May 2016, I began a project of consciously looking for beauty every day. And I started taking pictures of what I found. It began with flowers, but then included rocks, trees, garbage, clouds, snow...basically anything that struck me as beautiful. Although I don't always take and share photos daily anymore, not a day goes by that I am not touched by something beautiful. Not a day goes by that the world doesn't remind me of how incredibly connected we all are. Not a day goes by that I don't feel peace and love, at least for a moment. This beauty teaches me on a daily basis. Last Christmas I created this as part of a gift, combining what I learned from the trees with some of my favorite pictures of them. Unashamed of her need for rest, she dons her red dress and boldly declares, "I will return!" Shedding all she can no longer sustain, another beauty is revealed, a deeper beauty born of scars and her twisting, turning, an...