PHOTOSCHMOOZER: Early Morning Vision

BE STILL...and SEE Photography

Reflecting on who I am...what is important to me...and the gifts I offer the world, I have reorganized this PhotoSchmoozer blog into separate pages for your viewing. I am about so much...people - relationships - drums and rhythms and especially photography...and I realize that although separate, they are all so INTEGRATED into the Whole of who I am!! It's a very peaceful thought and I am thankful for the intuitive gift to see the connections and the relationships. Enjoy the journey through the blog...and WELCOME.
Contemplative photography is about being totally present and seeing exactly what is before you, without filters or judgment. It is about seeing with your heart.Doesn't everyone see what is before them? Not really. You may see a candle on a table. Do you also see the shadows it creates? Or the reflections that the light casts on it? Or it's underlying shape and form?

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Early Morning Vision - Spring is Here!!

Very early this morning, my mind woke me with all of its chattering! Too early to get up, so I put on the Gordon Brothers Meditation CD and even that did not still the excitement of what?!?!? Then I started thinking of the word Relationships and how each letter would be something meaningful. Not quite ready to write it down, I opened my window to welcome in the sights and smells of a lovely Spring rainy morning. Then I saw this out of my window and just knew that everyday more and more blossoms of beauty are gifting us. Yesterday, most of these were closed tight in buds. Hmmmmm now isn't that a metaphor for what is going on inside me? Anais Nin said "We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are." My message today - I am the beauty that the world presents to us!! Lovely!! ! Go forth on this day with that thought embedded in your heart. Wishing you love and joy!!

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What fun to make Homemade Drums!

In September, 2010, I attended the Remo drum company's HealthRHYTHMS training. It was a fantastic 2 1/2 day event - learning about hand drumming and drum circles and the variety of ways that these activities are beneficial to people. Dr. Barry Bittman shared some of the exciting research that he has done that provides evidence of the benefits to participants - team building, stress reduction, FUN, spirit, communication and... Christine Stevens was our co-facilitator - an open free spirit who guided us in drum circle facilitation and then Alyssa Janney shared all of the ins and outs of the business/marketing piece for Certified HealthRHYHTMS facilitators. That I am after the training and fun...and meaningful it is. Call me to talk about scheduling a training event or a series for your friends, co-workers or community: 856-256-8380.
At the training, I talked with Roy and he shared how he had made drums (so had Julie...and a few others) They sent us info about sonotubes and how to make drums. The rest has been persistent exploration from my curious husband (with my helping hands) and then my sense of fun in decorating them!! People are beginning to ask to buy them. Why not?!?