Making my eyes happy
Lunastrella camera print by John W Golden
I’m always looking for new things to make my eyes happy, and seem to exist in a permanent state of hunger for those new things. And photographs and art and books and films just aren’t enough… I’m hungry for ideas and connections and coincidences and epiphanies too. I’m thinking about subtly changing the direction of this blog, now that the constant ruminations on grief and loss have given way, at last, to creativity and inspirations. And maybe not writing about grief makes this a less interesting blog to read, but as this started out as a personal blog, i guess it can only reflect what’s on my mind. (What’s on my mind right now is: should I invest in a second-hand Hasselblad?)
I’d been flirting with the idea of deleting this blog and just lurking around the blogosphere in an invisible cape… but I can’t seem to bring myself to do it. So as my blogging has been rather half-hearted recently, I think it’s time to make a few changes. Every so often I’d like to share some of the artists, photographers and websites that inspire me. I like the idea of having a place to tie all the strands together (which I’ve started doing here too) – maybe sharing more about what’s around me, rather than what’s inside me, though that will be woven in too, inevitably. There’s been stuff happening this year that i didn’t want to blog about, but that meant I didn’t blog at all, and I missed it – missed the sharing and connecting. So while the offline stuff takes care of itself, I want to get cosy in my online space again…
I like to sit and watch by Brandi Strickland
Voyage by Robin Danely
Honeysuckle Dream part one by Helene Lacelle
Paper airplanes by Betsy Walton
Yeah whatever by Dollface Design
yes you should absolutely invest in a second hand hasselblad !! sigh :)
i understand what you are saying, its partly why i deleted my old blog and started fresh … the beauty of it all is, i think, that we can change our blogs to refect who we are and where our intersts lay and since we are ever evolving and changing then so do our blogs :)
wow. i’m so loving your unravel/inspire collection of amazingness!
i’m glad that you are making this blog what you need now!
I looked for a link to email you…my eyes sometimes fail me, so I just wanted to say that I started an anonymous blog for these same reasons. Although there is a part of me that wants people to know my true identity, I am still not quite there. So Lisa lets me be 100% me, 100% real without any strings attatched. Call it a mask, call it fake…I call it survival. I call it a release. I call it healing.
XO
Lisa
ooh, selfishly i love the idea of getting a glimpse into the creative things that catch your talented eye. a different way of reflecting your state of being perhaps. but absolutely interesting (and inspiring). i am a tumblr fan too. i’ve just started playing with my own tumblelog (http://amyd.tumblr.com/) and with a group one with some folks at work. i’ve never really got the blogging habit but this format suits me more. take care.
DO you know how FREAKING proud I am of you to read that you are ready to move into the rest of your life? DO you know how MAJOR that is?? YAY, YOU!! ANd I for one will love seeing what you find in the world to share – you see beauty and inspiration in places other people don’t think to look – please please please keep on sharing!!
LOVE to you and SEE you in 6 days!!!!!!
I hope that you don’t delete this blog as it is a tribute to your journey :)
Sending you peace and love & looking forward to seeing what unfolds in its own space and time.
xx, JP/deb
No deleting, my dear…okay, not unless you really and truly feel you must. I think that where you’ve been serves as a roadmap to your journey. Who knows what old words of yours could mean to some stranger just stumbling across them and *truly* needing the wisdom they impart? Sharing inspirations of yours would be a gift…
Love,
D.
Great finds here, Susannah. Your blog is certainly not boring, no matter what direction you choose to take, because YOU are not boring. Seeing what you find inspiring and beautiful out in the world is very interesting.
As for the Hasselblad question…the great thing about buying a second hand hasselbaby is that it’ll cost you only a couple or a few hundred dollars instead of the thousands they used to cost ten years or so ago. And if you buy from Ebay US, your British pound will cut that price in half.
hmmm – food for thought there. i haven’t found a good pathway back into my blog since i got home and yet i feel odd just wandering about the blog world without a home base.
i always love seeing what you’ve found that inspires you and it invariably sets off new connections in my own beautiful mind.
xx
Selfishly I do NOT want you to delete your blog. It is the 1st one I have gone to religiously every day. I have missed it lately but then I have been busy with my life and my blog doing it my way which is what it is all about. I wouldn’t want anyone trying to tell me how to do my blog. But I agree with Delia (I think that was the one). I am sure your blog has helped so many people in the past as well as the present. You have been such an inspiration. I think a lot of us would miss that alot, but you do whatever you have to do. Best of luck in what you decide.
hello Oh Inky Fingered One…have wandered into your blog (while busily floating about in the magical side-space that it the internet).
triff pix, intriguing thoughts…
best wishes
india the tumbleweed
this sounds like a wonderful, inspiring shift for you that will in turn…inspire others.
you have such a gift for discovering unique talent and i am so looking forward to exploring that here on your blog, baby.
i love you bunny!
xo
mb
Oh, don’t go away! I still want to know you are here, showing your soul in whatever way. I would miss you so much.;)
I know I have also felt like the more I have not been writing about some of my more painful issues, the less I have seen traffic, as well. But I am where I am, you know? This place is for us, not for others so much. It is still a connection to friends. It still means something.
((hugs))
:)
Thank you thank you for not going away – I would have been very sad. Share whatever feels relevant to you here – and know that whatever it is, it is appreciated.
oh, don’t delete!
I’m a frequent lurker here and love reading the raw words of your soul…I say write about where you are every day – whether it’s about the beauty around you, or the pain inside. I’m sure the posts filled with pain will become less frequent…either way, I love your blog!
oh, don’t delete!
I’m a frequent lurker here and love reading the raw words of your soul…I say write about where you are every day – whether it’s about the beauty around you, or the pain inside. I’m sure the posts filled with pain will become less frequent…either way, I love your blog!
subtle changes sound nice.. and seriously ,*g*, you’d be highly missed in blogworld if you decided to delete. instead, now i’m very much looking forward to seeing where those subtle changes and all your amazing creativity will lead you and your blog. much love! xx
S- I adore your inspiration blog and the beauty that you are finding around you…and isn’t it amazing how as our personal space changes our relationship to the blog changes as well? Yes, I have been going through that very thing myself, as life happens and it is not so much for public consumption, yet when I stay away for too long, I find that I miss the connection so. I look forward to seeing what direction you take here and I look forward to seeing your inspirations. xo