Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Welcome 2022

 

My dearest readers of Ginger's Art Journal, I'm back. 

There is joy and there is much sadness too. There are flowers blooming and flowers in decay. I admit, I did drop out of traveling to art exhibitions during Covid19, but it was a couple years before that, that I had to slow down. I took on my family responsibilities as care giver and had less and less time for travel and art. But I did find respite in my photography through my cellphone. Imagine that, 'I thought to myself,' a traditional photographer that had spent numerous hours in a darkroom developing images and now compared developing a picture at light speed with a click of an index finger on my cellphone and then I can even fix the picture in edit mode. Photography has indeed come a long way.

When I did see the difficult moments confront me in real life, I could turn away and find a flower to photograph and immerse myself in the escape to beauty right there on my cellphone. Dang thing. But I didn't ignore the arts during these challenging golden year changes. I was able to use my cellphone as the connection by which I didn't lose my connection to the world, I didn't miss the openings, because I could see the wonderful pictures on Facebook and social media. I did stay connected. And now, my fingers are itchy to write again, to drive across town, put on a mask, and dust off my digital camera and do my photo-journalist thing that I do. I have not abandoned my deepest ambitions to curate some art shows, to have a space of my own, to be able to invite folks back inside and to get all "creative" again. I can't predict anything in this unique new spring that I feel is coming to my life now, at this present moment in time. I just know I've been away and I'm ready to pick up where I left off. Here's to progress and getting through 2022!


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