School’s OUT for Summer …

Well it’s official. I finished up another semester of school successfully this week. The best part is that I’ll have a entire MONTH off until the start of the Fall semester at the end of August. THANK GOD for that!

What most people probably don’t know about me is that I am going back to school in pursuit of a degree in geology. I’m one of those folks who can’t settle on just one career in life. I’ll always be an artist. I’ll always be a photographer. Those things about me will never change. I love them too much to give them up. But I’ve suddenly come alive with this new passion to satiate my hunger for the sciences. I feel like I can combine all aspects of my work and creativity in some capacity, but if I can’t, I’ll just continue to do them separately.

I’ve had this improbable dream since I was kid (when I used to pore through every issue) that I might, one day, become a photographer for National Geographic magazine. I suppose that in some way, that desire derived from my inability to settle on just one aspect of what I love. I want to explore and discover, to challenge the scientific side of my brain. But I also have an intrinsic desire to imagine and create things that are beautiful and inspiring.

Who knows? I could finished this degree and then decide that I want to pursue under-water basket weaving. No, totally not my thing. But you get the picture.

Right now, I absolutely adore my career in photography … shooting portraits, weddings and all. I don’t think that will ever change, and I’m sure that it never will. There’s always something new and unique every single time, with every single couple, family or person. No two sessions are ever exactly alike, nor are the images that come from them. That’s what makes it so fascinating and fun.

I may become a scientist at the end of this didactic journey, but will always be a shutterbug, no matter what!

I don’t think that any of us should have to settle on one single thing in life. Human beings – I believe – have the capacity to commit themselves intellectually, passionately, and whole-heartedly to multiple things – if the love truly exists.

So here’s a shot out to all of you out there, who – like me – want to do it all (even if we don’t quite manage to get there.) **grin**

OH! And a BIG HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY to my niece Morghan!! You’re beautiful and I LOVE YOU!

Keep smiling …