I'm Falling Behind! Frantic.

This post is late. I've had some family issues to deal with over the past week, so I really haven't been able to get very much done.

For last Tuesday, we were supposed to tell a story in photos. While I was in Ohio at my grandmother's funeral, I made a photo of a pink carnation that came off the top of her casket. I was actually very happy with it(it was really artsy and I wish I was cool like that more often). I felt it would symbolize the story of my grandmother's life. Even with her old age, she still thrived with life and was one of the most beautiful individuals I have ever known. The carnation portrayed the beauty of life and that even when it is over, not all is lost. There are memories and laughs that can be looked back upon. My grandmother was an amazing woman, and with her passing, I felt the most important story for me to tell was one involving her.

Unfortunately, I left my camera at my Aunt's house in Ohio...therefore I need to make another picture. Disappointing.

I've never truly thought about the art of photography in its truest form though. Yes, individuals of all ages take pictures in order to record their lives, but photos can mean so much more than that. The way photography has developed and grown over the many years astonishes me.

While I was in Ohio, my cousins and I spent a good amount of time creating picture boards for the viewing. We rummaged through photos dating back to the 1930s. It was amazing to see the contrast in those images to the ones of today. Although they were black and white, some tarnished and some bent or folded, there was one thing that remained the same in every picture. Spirit. Even in the pictures of 70 years ago, the same individual spirit of now shone through. People of then not only laughed the way we do now, but they even posed and came across similarly in the photos. It was hilarious to see my grandma at the age of 20 posing provocatively(jokingly) for the camera. It brought her to life in a way that I never had known or seen.

Photos are not simply for recording events, they are for bringing life to a moment and broadening our horizons to things we might not have even known otherwise.