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seeing me

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I look at this photo and I see me. I really see me.

I see who I am and also who I want to be.

I see a 40 year old and a 10 year old.

I see my vulnerability and courage as I open myself, arms stretching out like wings.

I see my joy in being present and yet the motion of moving ahead.

I see myself, through the eyes of a sister-friend who sees me as I hope the world sees me. As I hope to always see myself.

If you don’t already have a photo that shows you as you; who you were, who you are, who you are becoming, I challenge you to ask a photographer friend to give you the gift . In turn, you can do the same for them. I guarantee you won’t regret it. And if you have a photo that really shows us sometihng about you, please share it today.

Comments

  9. oh tracey, this is such a beautiful image, and post. I love everything about it. You are amazing. xo

  10. Tracey, I really love this picture of you. Thank you for sharing it.

    For so many years, I have hated to have my photo taken because the photos never looked like the me I see. They never caught me in the way I feel inside so I just would opt out of the photo.

    Until last year, when someone took this photo of me at the Gatsby Summer Picnic. I think what I like about it is that it shows me in a place AND time that I wish I had been in, as well as capturing the me that is really me. (I’m the one on the right, in the hat.)

    Thanks for the fun opportunity to share!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobaby2/2487052768/in/set-72157604032816253/

  15. Wow, great photo and post. I’d love to have someone capture me for who I am:

    a mom and a child
    a wife and a lover
    a gardener and someone growing
    and everything else I am
    together with what I am becoming

    My problem is being vulnerable in front of the lens. Also, I feel most pictures taken of me are so un-photogenic. Like, ugh… do I really look like that.

  23. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2765339413_1ef7d0b4ca.jpg
    When I was young and much, much thinner I didn’t like having my photo taken because my smile is crooked. As I grew older and stuffed the pain of an abusive marriage down with spoonfuls of food, I didn’t want my photo taken because of the weight.

    Now I’m 46 and believe that age is merely a state of mind. I love what you wrote about being a 40 yr old AND a 10 yr old. I can relate. I’ve beaten the fear of being photographed because I’ve finally found happiness with who I am. Now, I’m working on losing the weight so that the 10 year old inside me can play longer, run faster, hump higher and keep up with The Greats who are my heart and soul.

  27. Lately I haven’t had any pictures that really define me… but then again I am still searching to know who I am and truely wanne become. Great picture, and love the post.

  30. I love how you wrote "the 40 year old and the 10 year old". That is so true; I feel like I am a bunch of ages all at once, and the one that emerges depends on the moment (granted sometimes it’s chosen wrong but ..). Someday I will have to find a photo that captures me.

  36. Would it be too forward of me to say ‘I love you’? This is fabulous. This is the you I always picture.

    I think this is a task I need to take on…being photographed by someone other than myself.

  42. Oh! I love this! "A 40 year old and a 10 year old"….I want to feel like that (the 10 year old part! LOL). It appears you stopped time and are "in the present" in that moment….beautiful! I’m inspired.