Ghosts {inspiration #2}
1. Untitled, 2. 335/365 so she took off her shoes and had a little nap…, 3. valley, 4. love
I’m swimming in my memories this weekend. Photographs, diaries, music, shopping lists and menus scribbled on the backs of envelopes that reveal so much more than you’d imagine they could. I open a drawer to sort through bills and bank statements only to find a framed photo of him, one i’d tucked away months back when I had my one and only gentleman caller stay the night. Finding the photo pulls me back from the future and makes me sit quietly for a while. I leave the house to buy groceries, and cross paths with the first man i ever saw naked. We recognise each other and it is a strange and uncomfortable moment; as i continue walking down the street i marvel at how the ghosts are everywhere in this town and feel more resolved than ever to move and change and step forwards, to let go of the deadweight that’s anchored me – the weight of the past.
I know exactly how you feel. There are ghosts around every corner for me some days. It makes it hard to concentrate on the future sometimes when I’m tormented by what I had and lost versus what I am faced with today. But in the end, I am sure it is a good thing to keep moving forward.
Your journey is inspiring me to keep moving forward.
your photographs have a
certain power to them,
a beauty that is all their own.
love how your words
and pictures blend together.
lovely.
mccabe xx
such softness, mystery, emotion and nostalgia in you, your words and images…
I have lived in the same town for 19 years, and I always thought I stayed out of necessity. Now, I am beginning to see it was out of fear of the unknown. I could leave, at any time, I just don’t have the courage yet. You’re my hero for finding the strength to go when you need to, when you should. I hope I can find that strength someday, too.
Beautiful photographs here…
Yes, it’s interesting and funny and well, awkward sometimes, to see our personal ghosts in our communities. I suppose they are little reminders that each us has (is living) an interesting story, with an assortment of characters that may play major or minor parts. It can be comforting to know some of those ghosts while at other times, it can be liberating to move far, far, faaaar away from certain other ones! :)
this really moved me. how i hope all these writings of your journey through this are captured in a book someday…xo