Week 6 - Inspiring / Inspiration

I fell in love with these words the moment I heard them.  The traveler is my inspiration.  The traveler does not go places to boast that they have been there, or about how many different land marks they have seen.  They go to see, to open their eyes to things they have never seen before, to experience and capture the unknown.  This feeling to "see" lives inside me.  It scratches at my surface every waking day.  This is who I aspire to be.  I believe someday I'll be the inspirer and people will then be able to refer to me as the traveler.  :)

Lynette

There isn't 'just one' thing that inspires me.  Light, laughter, music, my children, emotion, art, color, words, love, experiences ~ those are all things that inspire me daily.    This week, my inspiration to convey this topic was candy.  When my girls open a bag of conversation hearts the first thing they do is start to compare the little messages written on each individual heart.  Each heart carries a different conversation, a different topic, a different flavor.  I felt that the hearts would be the perfect tool to describe the mixed bag of creative inspirations I have written in my own heart.  I think if you're open to being inspired and look for the creative in everyday life you will find it.  What inspirations are written in your heart?

Erica

Next Week:  Color

Week 5 - A Daily Routine

This week's topic really inspired me in so many different ways.  I had visions of doing some self portraiture while brushing my teeth, applying makeup, hot rolling my hair (that's right- I said hot rolling). Then I had the idea of photographing my yoga mat or me in some sort of posture because I have recommited myself to a daily practice or maybe just a photograph of my Keurig  and a nice hot cup of coffee because hey- I love some java beans. Or the view from the driver's seat of my Pilot. Or cooking dinner. Or ....well, you get the picture. ;)  

I finally decided on what I did want to photograph.  I wanted to photograph something that really showed who I am and what I do on an every day basis- 24/7.  The above photograph was taken on a super gorgeous early evening here in Nebraska.  We've been having very mild weather for this time of year and so once again, I found myself outside watching my child play.  Lela loves riding her bike- just loves it!  So, every chance we get, every day that allows it, we are outside and she is on her bicycle and I am sitting on the front porch watching her soak up the sun, giggle and play.

My favorite daily routine is being a mom.  What blessings my children are to me!

I'll see you next week :)

Erica

Gosh, A Daily Routine.... what is there to say?  We all have daily routines, one thing after another, and than after another again, a repetition that seems never ending.  Like Erica, the list could go on and on, and that's precisely what mine did.  So deciding on what to shoot was a little frustrating, because I found most things I do on a daily routine to be boring.  So I choose what I could not go without and I think the image speaks clear enough for what that would be. 

Thanks for following along!

Lynette

Coming up next week:  Week 5 - Inspiration / Inspiring