Intentionally Capturing Some You First Time…Having Photo Fun
Call a friend and take your camera or just your phone and go for a drive somewhere close or take a day trip, the place and path are always up to you. Take pictures of everything that grabs your thoughts or makes you turn your head. Pay attention and be open to that little nudge that says “look over here” and (if you are not the one driving) follow the energy and take a peek.
If you are like me and most likely driving, pull over safely and look for what called out for your attention. It could be a tarantula crossing the road (October in CA foothills a good possibility), or a hawk in a tree, maybe it’s a bobcat stalking a gopher or a hidden stand of end of the season wildflowers begging for some last minute attention. Look to the clouds, look to the hills, look at the trees and flowers, look at old barns and new buildings, at bushes, at people walking or horses grazing… look, look, look, and shoot, shoot, shoot… capture the magic that is all around you when you are intentionally looking and listening.
Take a day off and have some fun.
Now make a date with your friend or just yourself, calendar it and show up to go over all your pictures. Give yourself permission to immediately let the ones that don’t say LOOK again and delete them (or if you are like me store them away for a second look later). The point of this exercise and fun YOU day is to pay attention to the living world around you that has reached out and touched your kindred soul.
Great, now you are down to a dozen or so WOW moments that you have reconnected with.
Over this next week, pay attention to all the things you write or read; books, poetry, Facebook and Instagram, emails, television and the junk mail. You are watching and listening for words and sayings, quotes and comments that match or speak to the pictures you have chosen. Don’t make this hard or tedious, don’t make this a chore… let it be FUN, let it be YOU TIME and explore all your possibilities.
Lastly but not least, match the words to your photos and create a lasting memory and message, inspiration, or postcard to share with your family and friends. Enjoy this opportunity to explore and reflect by pairing your beautiful pictures with your creatively composed words and gift yourself some time to learn more about yourself and perhaps even, how you see the world around you.
I’d love to see them and hear about your adventures. Please feel free to write me back or post on the site you are reading this little challenge on…
Looking forward to sharing in your day as you give yourself permission to put YOU FIRST for a few fun filled hours.
Blessings and happy shooting,
Vicki
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Vicki Dobbs is a bold and adventurous warrior walking a path of heart to manifest spirituality in everyday lives. She opens existential gateways for individuals to face their challenges and embrace these tests as the great teachers that they are.
Her goal is to see everyone walk in beauty and balance every day of their lives empowered by the voice of their own authentic truth.
Through Wisdom Evolution and Sacred Wisdom Workshops, Vicki creates opportunities for others to make deep personal changes through experiential classes, ceremony, sacred art and story. She endeavors to inspire others to create their lives intentionally. Vicki is an Inspirator of everyday awareness, an Instigator of spontaneous stories and a Connoisseur of Creativity. Gratitude and grace sprinkled with humility and humor are the medicine she brings to the world.
As an Elder, Teacher and Entrepreneur, Spiritual Coach, Ordained Minister and Crafter of Sacred Art and Tools, Vicki perceives life’s journey as an ever-upward spiraling ascension of the human spirit leading her to wisdom, wholeness and authenticity.
Her experience includes being trained in the Harner Method of Shamanic Counseling and the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Cross Cultural Shamanism. She is a Graduate Teacher and Mentor with the Lynn Andrews Center For Sacred Arts and Training and has been the Administrator and Writers Guide for Writing Spirit, the School.
Vicki is also an Artist of the Spirit Certified Spiritual and Energetic Life Coach, a Graduate Mentor in the AoS program and a founding member of HeatherAsh Amara’s Warrior Goddess Leadership Team and Facilitator of the Warrior Heart Practice.
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