5/365 - Sunrise

One of my friends, who was a dedicated follower of my online dating blog, had a fantastic idea when I told her about my new writing project. She suggested I post a picture every day as a sort of photo history to accompany my writing for 2012. Brilliant I tell you, simply brilliant!

I had my other blog for a little over a year, and while I didn't write every day, I do remember how interesting it was to read through my posts from start to finish and reminisce about the people I had met over the course of that time, as well as revisit my own responses to those experiences. How much more poignant it would be to look back at every day of a year in a life, with pictures to conjure up vivid memories of what might normally be tossed aside as "just another day."

Vowing to write 365 has already increased my awareness and sensitivity as I'm going about 2012. It's not as if I'm looking for subject matter like I confess I was doing when I joined OKCupid and started my other blog....Let me tell you, online dating offered some great fodder for my writing! Even though the first few pieces on this site have been more preamble than profound creative expression, my commitment to writing on a daily basis seems to be heightening my perception and appreciation of situations that I might normally disregard as blasé, or at least not deem worthy of any special attention. Perhaps that's because when we engage our creative consciousness, we are able look beyond the practical applications of living and focus instead on an existence that is meaningful and extraordinary, when it might normally seem mean and ordinary. I would even go one step further and say that consciously accessing the creative force within us allows us to tap into something greater than ourselves that connects us in consequential ways to other human beings.

One of my colleagues at work has been posting some amazing sunrise and sunset photos on Facebook recently. I really must be introduced to her deck one of these days... I'm including one of my own from this morning as I was racing to yoga - late, of course. This view literally took my breath away and made me pause in my frantic rush to go meditate.

I immediately thought of K. and wondered if she would post this morning's sunrise too. Sure enough she did, though hers was clearly taken earlier - probably about the time I should have been arriving at yoga.

Just for fun, I went back and add a few photos to my previous posts. Yesterday, I noticed one of my salsa friends snapping pictures while I was on the dance floor, so I'm hoping to include one for "Ode to a dance partner" eventually. Come to think of it, it's really too bad I didn't include photos of my dates in my online dating blog. One guy that I saw actually posed in a professional portrait with his prize-winning llama. I might've been better off going out with the llama...