Oh boy!! SmellLikeFoodMan brought me to the water place again! yay! I love to run here! And play in the water! SPINNING DISC DISC DISC RUNN WATER AAAHHHHH!!!!! I like this pla-AH A BALL RUN RUN RUN RUN -slobber- yesss. I love this place. I am happy. I am tired. zzzzzzz.
A few years ago, a friend of mine showed me a youtube video about a little boy named Eliot who was born with Trisomy 18, a genetic defect that doctors expected would kill him before he was even born. Instead, he survived and his parents took a picture of him every day and celebrated his birthday every day at the exact time he was born. I know this clip also has some video and obviously his dad narrates it, but I like it too much to find something else. The pure love, devotion, and faith that these parents have amazes me, and Eliot's story is absolutely one that needs to be shared. The pictures taken of him every day show that story, and I know it's one I will never forget.
Also, Eliot has a website at 99 Balloons and if you go back to 2006, you can see every single one of the pictures they took of Eliot, as well as the blog posts made by his parents and friends about how he was doing every day. The real image story is there, detail by detail.
I have always loved getting mail - I write letters more often than emails by far. I think the USPS is a wonderful thing and I love postmen. When I checked my campus mail today, I looked through my box into the mailroom on the other side. I do this everyday, just because I think it is so fun in there - all the packages and letters and notes people are receiving. I love it! So I took a picture of the mailroom through my box to show the chaos that seems to perpetually exist, and yet the love that comes from taking the time to write something down and send it to someone.
"Communicate chaos, disorganization or messiness in a photograph. Find some beauty in it."
You wake up, roll out of bed, and put your feet on your carpet floor. You go to your dresser to get ready, doing your makeup and hair. You go to the kitchen and make some tea to wake you up. Then you grab your keys and are out the door.
I had two pictures I really couldn't decide between for this one, so I just linked one to daily shoot and will post both here. They both feature my ipod touch, as I have always loved how reflective it is. The second one also has my mascara bottle.
"Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!"
