This photograph represents "re-framing" to me.
I love photography and have enjoyed it for many years. During my earlier photo-treks in life there wasn't much I wouldn't do or place I wouldn't climb, hike, wade,or trespass to get the shot I had already "framed" in my head.
Then Cancer Arrived.
And suddenly remaining ambulatory seemed much more important than if I would ever be able to climb down for that amazing waterfall shot.
During a long period of adaptation/adjustment
there were days that I wondered if I would
ever be able to enjoy photography again.
Then Spring and Summer arrived.
And while I worked on
continuing to stand
and
walk
(all those little things we take for granted)
I decided if I couldn't make it out there
for my photography
I would just
build something
at home.
That was the beginning of the
Butterfly Garden.
A small corner that I planted sunflowers and zinnias
and sat melon rinds and cut oranges
and spread a nearby quilt
and sat
and waited.
The fellow above spend a half hour posing
and having his lunch.
From tiny periwinkle-colored flappers
to beautiful Monarch and Swallowtails
and (of course) the sunflowers as they
bloomed I clicked away after finishing
my physical therapy.
That summer with the help of hundreds of butterflies and flowers I learned to practically apply the concept of re-framing.
Re-framing isn't ignoring the situation at hand.
Re-framing is taking a difficult situation
and looking at it in a new angle.
Asking ourselves
How can I turn this Negative into a Positive
The morning the yellow Zebra
stopped by
I also got to
see something I had never
seen before
maybe I had never taken the time
as I watched his upper flaps
raise slowly
then lower
Anyway...I wanted to share it with all of you :)
A Genuine Butterfly Stretch!
Learn to Re-Frame
Find YOUR Butterfly Moment.
