"Be still Sunday...

"Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room

in order to hear your own voice

and not let it drown in the noise of others."

- Charlotte Eriksson

"Memories Hanging Around"
Still Life

(bouquet's from Thing #2's wedding last summer)

Sometimes that floor in a quiet room is...the basement.  While in search of 'stuff'.  Stuff to photograph.  Props.  For an online photography course on Still Life. 

Sometimes the desire to "be still" is kinda hard to accommodate.  The business AND the busy-ness of life have other plans.  It's tough to hear your own voice when the noise of others can take center stage if we allow it.  And we usually do.   It can mute creativity.  And creativity is key to keeping moi happy.  Totally gives me sense of accomplishment.  A good 'ole pat on the back.

How to give myself, and my creativity, a little love each week?  I had grand plans this weekend.  The Better Half and Thing #3 were outta here for the weekend.  A college music audition, and the Better Half's willingness to volunteer for parental duty took care of that.  But, Mother Nature had plans to place me under house arrest.  She raised a bit of her own noise. So the plans morphed a bit...

quiet the noise, find a space, focus on what's in front of me

Which lead me to the basement in search of "what's in front of me" to create a Still Life in photograph.  I had all intent and purpose to bring "what's in front of me" upstairs and into the light.  But sometimes,  "what's right in front of you" is kinda perfect just where it is.

You just have to be still and clear out the noise in order to  notice it.

Be still.

Here's where I "link up" today.

(click on image for description of Song-ography)

Next Tuesday's Song-ography title suggestion is "I Lived" by One Republic.
Come back and link up!  (blog, instagram, flickr photos welcome)