There is a danger of slipping into normalcy now that I am comfortable in New York. Normalcy meaning that I have discovered myself in a situation mirroring stability (which I am completely thankful for), but comfort always seems to run the risk of dulling that sense of exploration that I so fully value. I am striving to maintain and fuel that lens of awareness regardless of having a year-deadline or being in one place for an undetermined amount of time. Looking at wherever I am through such a lens regardless if that place is new or old, unfamiliar or fully known; regardless if I am living out of a suitcase or have everything hung up in a closet. A year in New York and it is good to reflect on that reminder: to pack it all in, take notice of everything.
"Discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes." -Marcel Proust
"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." -Ansel Adams
"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." -Ansel Adams
Photo by Mike Noel, Multnomah Falls, Oregon February 2011
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