Breakthroughs

Today, I spent a good part of my walking listening to Big Magic by Elizabeth (Liz) Gilbert. I also spent some time trying to learn the craft associated with Digital SLR photography. It's not clear to me what caused it, but today, I also suffered a bit of a breakthrough.

Sunday Street Music - Main Street - Annapolis, MD

Part of the breakthrough developed as the realization that I really like taking photographs of people. It's a new direction for me, and after months of taking almost exclusively sunsets, I'm not really sure what happened. I know that this photograph of the accordion player seemed to be a pivot point.

I also realized deep down in my soul that walking...yes, walking, is my calling right now. Again, the realization defies logic and good sense, but there it is.

Headed Home - Severn River Sunset - Annapolis, MD

The surety that these breakthroughs came also defies explanation, but I feel good having some uncertainty in the face of so much other uncertainty. It's unclear to me just how I'll be able to earn my keep, but with these breakthroughs came a deep and enduring faith that I'll be able to figure things out.

I know what I have to do, and although I don't know where tomorrow may lead, I know I have a direction.