An hour by the Sea

February 28, 2014film, family, personalsarah black

One third of my family, and an hour by the sea.

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‘To know those arms around you
and to make your home in the world
just by being wanted.’
~David Whyte .
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“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you”.
~Frank Lloyd Wright
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So, would anyone be interested in something completely different this winter?
I’m going to call them Explorer Sessions: $500, and I have zero idea of what the final images will look like because EXPLORING. I picked these out as examples of the types of techniques I might use. All film, duh. Could be weird cameras, Could be blurry, could be multi exposures, def will interesting. But not one or two of these types of captures snuck into a ‘regular’ session, a whole shoot built around this approach. No promises, no regrets.
Yes to: at-home or on location (wild or interesting places only), weekday times, families or maternity or couples, Melbourne-ish only, during June/July/August, all high res files for download.
Yes to: Exploring, and yes to witnessing.
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Ps I’m only offering one of these per month for the next 3 months, so on the off chance that there is more interest than that, please let me know why you’re interested as I’ll have to choose...and the why is all important...
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@livecreativlee I was just searching thru archives looking for something and came across this and just wanted to say ‘hi’ and remind you how amazing you are, and also Thankyou for reminding me of something I’d forgotten, even if I can’t put into words yet what that is.
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To the one, quiet, in the background,
Who puts the others first,
who has learnt quickly that her edges are infinite,
who makes of love her life’s work,
And to those who would choose also this humble heartful path,
if not for circumstance,
and for all of those who nurture any corner of this aching world,
which wants us to know that mothering is our purpose,
and belongs to all of life:
Happy Mother’s Day .
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Autumn feelings. .
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“I Am Not I

I am not I. I am this one
walking beside me whom I do not see,
whom at times I manage to visit,
and whom at other times I forget;
the one who remains silent while I talk,
the one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,
the one who takes a walk when I am indoors,
the one who will remain standing when I die.”
~Juan Jimon Jimenez
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(My feed was getting far too matchy and this is my favourite poem right now.)
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A portrait of a most wonderful dad lying on a rug in the forest laughing at how darn quirky and funny this parenting gig is (and maybe wondering how he ended up here).
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I hope you’re spending your precious weekend with people who look at you like this.
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In exchange for everything they have taught me, this is what I hope to teach my kids: to run hard into life for the time they are gifted it, and to know when that means to soften instead. To shed, as much as possible in this crazy layered world, the things that are not helpful- judgement, over-identification with others, fear, the strange modern preoccupation with being cool, as defined by something external, the media, always by the ‘other’. To learn to sit alone, in wonder and with curiosity, to make that the centre and the place to start. A flower doesn’t squander its beauty trying to be like other flowers.
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