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life is but a dream

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As I travel my creative path, everyone once in a while I call on a new muse. And sometimes I don’t even know I’ve invited something else in to change my perspective, shake things up, or give me a whole new way of thinking. It’s almost as if I intuitively know that I need a little something to get me out of my usual way of seeing or being and *poof* some new muse comes to do just that.

Such has been the case with my experimentation with shooting out of focus. It’s nothing new for me, I’ve done it before but as a photographer, I’m usually thinking about where to focus and what to focus on rather than thinking about how to throw my entire shot out of focus.

I’m glad when the glimmers of creative muses come my way. When I am reawakened to all the wonder of my everyday life. When it feels like a beautiful dream. When around each corner lies a brand new adventure.

I encourage you to call on your own muse for the next week. Perhaps the muse need only be your life? Ali Edwards’ A Week in the Life begins on Monday. It seems like just the thing to get us to focus (or not) on our amazing, everyday lives.

Share your favorite muse today. Anything from subject matter, to tool, to technique…it’s all magic when you’re open to it.

Comments

  3. It's been a long time since I have felt such a need for creative expression as during the last couple of days, and my muse has really come through for me – not least because of my on-going love affair with mobile phone photography:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennifee/5968118852/
    And never have I been so aware as now that life is indeed but a dream.

  15. I guess my muse is what strikes my fancy at any given moment. Today it's happened to be frozen grapes and trying to beat the heat.

  22. Love this post because I'm really wanting to try more out of focus pictures lately. I think it creates such a dreamy atmosphere.

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