August 18, 2023 – B

I've sold all of my proper camera gear
and will take the photos I take
with my cell phone,
and spend my time going through
70,000 + images on compact disks
to see what I can find hiding there.

It has been apparent for a while
that this was necessary and inevitable.
I could no longer get my camera
into scenes worthy of it,
and wasn't interested in another sunrise
or a bird in flight, etc.

And I am intrigued with what AI
(Which I think of as "Artists' Inspiration)
is able to do with images,
or even pieces of images,
and look forward to playing
with multitudes of renditions of images
while looking out the window
from my recliner,
and talking to you 
about the things that come to mind.

Like what you consider to be your strengths.
What do you do best?
What do you like most about yourself?
And your weaknesses.
What do you do poorly?
And like least about yourself?

Once you are clear about these things,
play the opposite game,
and consider how your strengths are weaknesses,
and how your "lesser skills"
are also additional primary skills in disguise. 

The things we like most about ourselves
can prejudice us regarding the things we like least,
and the things we do poorly,
can convinces us that we can't do anything well.

When it is all a matter of time and place,
circumstances and perspective,
how we allow ourselves to shine,
and how we prevent ourselves from shining.

One we begin exploring our "strengths"
and "weaknesses,"
things begin to shift,
new worlds open up,
new possibilities present themselves,
and the adventure begins!

Dancing with life is all there is.

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