I believe that every human being is designed to be passionate, that passion lies within all of us. However, passion is like a flame in our hearts: it slowly and inexorably dies if it is not fuelled. Ignoring passion is like failing to put more wood on the fire.
–Charles Kovess
It was peak hour traffic on a major downtown street. I had arranged to meet my husband outside his building. He wasn’t there when I arrived so I had to find a park. As I was manoeuvring myself into a space (no mean feat on any Wellington Street, especially at this time of day) I could hear the sound of an alarm blaring. As people started coming out of a nearby building and congregated on the footpath I realised it was a fire alarm I could hear.
“Where are you Lynsey?” I was saying to myself as I was sitting in the car waiting. “If you don’t come soon we’ll be stuck here.”
I was thinking these things as though somehow my husband would hear them psychically and get the message that he needed to leave work immediately. I have to admit I felt guilty thinking these things because he waits for me every day but …Â this was an unusual situation and I could see what was going to happen next. And it turned out exactly as I pictured it would.
I heard the fire engines coming before I could see them. One … two … three … four fire engines arrived. They came from two different directions. Cars were trying to move out of the way but there was nowhere to go. It was a tight squeeze all round.
As one of the fire engines sidled up and parked alongside me my immediate response was, “where is my camera?” It felt like the fire engine was on top of me – it towered above my car like a giant. I had nowhere to go so I decided to make the most of this opportunity – glorious machines, loads of firemen jumping out them, a bit of ‘out of the ordinary’ action happening at the end of a work day. From that moment time ceased for me, I was lost in another world. All I could think about was getting my photo of the day.
As I looked at all the photos I took I struggled to pick one. I wanted to talk about passion and the fire that burns within. I wanted to talk about my passion for taking photos, for Fresh New Day, for life and the exciting things I am thinking about doing. I’ve searched my books on my bookshelves for inspiration and nothing has come to me. I’ve searched online and again nothing. Why is it like this sometimes? There appears to be nothing within me tonight – the creative spark needs some help – no words, no story, no real idea of how to say what I want to say.
Tonight I’m tired. It has been a long day. I have been facilitating a workshop all day and I feel like I’ve used up all my energy. My fire within needs a bit of stoking tonight, a bit of wood added and someone to nudge me along and encourage it to burn. The flame is there, it’s just not burning as brightly as I’d like – and that’s okay. Tomorrow is another day.
Manifesto
05. Every day is now. The present moment.
17. Every day look through a new lens.
48. Every day there are things you can’t change. You can change the way you think about them and deal with them.
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