An Urgency to Live, Now via Photo Journaling
“if one reaches the point where understanding fails,
this is not a tragedy.
It is simply a reminder to stop thinking and start looking.
Perhaps there is nothing to figure out after all.
Perhaps we only need to wake up.”
-Thomas Merton
Perhaps it’s just a sliver.
a nuanced change.
from looking to seeing.
Let yourself see beyond your eyes.
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This episode is our monthly exploration into personal photographic journaling.
0:05 And it says if one reaches the point where understanding fails. This is not a tragedy. It is simply a reminder to stop thinking and start looking. Perhaps there is nothing to figure out after all. Perhaps we only need to wake up. Perhaps we. Just need to make that sliver of a nuance change of instead of looking at something. Letting yourself. See it. Look at the pictures that you put on your template, if you didn't do the template, Scroll through your phone right now.
0:46 And let yourself stop. At an image that makes you want to stop. Exercise that muscle. Of listening to your instinct and listening to your impulse. And then when you look at that photo, Allow yourself to see. Beyond it to see deeper to go through it. To me like, okay, if I can get past, this is a picture of me and stop like critiquing, um, I don't like the angle. That's not very flattering on. And you go deeper into it. What. Is this picture telling you. What is this picture telling you about the experience of it being shot? What is this picture telling you about? The person who took it.
1:28 The relationship there, that exact moment. What happened with the light? What happened with the composition? Just let yourself swirl. We swirl over the most horrific shit. The rest of the day, can you let yourself swirl? Into something meaningful. And can be profoundly helpful and enriching in your life. Swirl around the pictures you're taking. Let yourself swirl around yourself. It's okay to give yourself that much attention. And regard. And time and. Help Me See is a podcast dedicated to the art of seeing.
2:11 It's a space for the restless visionary with an insatiable desire to create the life and work you're meant for. My name is Bianca Lea Mora, and I'm a photographic artist, a mother, and a coach who's transformed my fear of loss into power, art, and philosophy. One of the scariest quotes I never want to say is, I wish I knew at the time, but I truly believe that we have the innate ability to bring our wise 2020 hindsight to our now. You can deeply experience your nostalgia now, while it's actually happening, with no regrets. All you have to do is see.
2:53 In this show, we laugh, we cry, we get inspired, we overshare, we have life changing conversations around making meaning, self discovery, and shedding all the BS layers in order to reconnect to our own sacred vision. Seeing yourself is an essential key to living powerfully. You are the vessel, the lens that filters absolutely everything in your life.
3:55 Let's commit to seeing and consciously creating what only you can in your one and only life. Let's dive in.