Skating Around the Truth
So much of the experience in Iceland felt like another planet. There’s something about being so close to nature that makes all of your other problems and concerns seem quite trivial. Popular culture drives you towards consumerism, competing with the Joneses, get that higher paying job so you can pay for that shiny car…it’s a very easy trap to fall into, I know. It doesn’t help living in such a expensive city which just perpetuates this vicious cycle again and again.
But what the hell is the point?
Do we live to work or do we work to live?
Capt. Awesome came back from that trip with a different perspective. Perhaps with varying degrees of perspective as he wants to move to Iceland….which is out of the question!!! My poor sun-seeking soul would suffer great madness during the all too plenty winter months! So not going to any extremes, but finding a resting place that better suits our lifestyle. Where buckets of nature overrides the hustle and bustle of the biggest cities. Where you can find your church on top of a mountain.
Nature has a way of staring you in the face like that. It’s that one-on-one with God – sharing with you the truth, your truth, what hides deep under the surface. What’s truly important. Who is truly important and why we do the things we do in this life.
Even Superman had his Fortress of Solitude…
Sometimes you have to fly to Iceland to rediscover it all.
(Or Bali, where it’s warmer.)
Original Posting: July 2015
Here we are...finally in the place, physically, that we decided to plant our flag. We haven't looked back.
Now pops the question, are we doing the things that we want to be doing? Are we just going through the motions and satisfied with a days work or is it the routine adding another degree of "stuck-ness." All questions to ponder, recognizing the journey is only half-fulfilled. Much more to be done.
Is it ever enough? For those who want more, who want to lay their head down at the end of their days feeling satisfied and ready - never.
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Behind the Scenes - Skating Around the Truth
Skating Around the Truth almost didn’t happen. We arrived at Jökulsárlón later in the evening. The clouds rolled thick and proceeded to cover everything in sight with a cool mist of precipitation in an already cold place. And I was hangry. (Which is never a good thing.)
Sometimes you feel it, sometimes you don’t. Many of my other beloved Fromagis dared boldness by climbing into waders and braving the frigid waters. Crazy, mad geniuses, I tell you! Others stayed out late or proceeded to get up early. In all honestly, how often does one get the opportunity to photograph in such a place? Almost never. But I prefer the heat to the cold so after failed attempts, I decided I could still achieve my vision without forcing myself. So I waited…took a gander at the landscape and went to bed.
All of these were photographed sometime in the 11 ‘o’clock hour in the evening.
When I realized I didn’t want to photography myself in this landscape, I asked Lieke. Her almost white hair cried for an image surrounded by ice. In fact, she modeled for just about everyone in this place. Our own Fromagi Ice Princess!
The next day, the clouds chose to stay close and hover, the natural light box in the sky which deemed the perfect light for my intentions.
Photographed on an endless black beach.
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I realized, perhaps sadly, that I often get so caught up in photographing for art that I forget those magical behind the scenes moments…you know, the ones that remind you of the why? Friendships. Memories. Smiles.
So here’s a few on our first day with Lieke and Mia, laughing at the absurdity of the wind as it whipped through their hair relentlessly.
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