This week's Throwback Thursday is also from my week long photo excursion a few years back. At the time I took the photograph I was purely interested in the asymmetry and juxtaposition of the ornate window and the plain rectangle window. Looking at it now, the photograph has a different meaning for me.
A Glimmer | (c)M.M.Hewitt 2014
I actually had to stare at it for a long time before I could adequately convey even to myself what I felt from the photograph. There are many things that I feel are holding me back from achieving the goals I have and from taking the photographs I want to take. Some of them familial, some of them duty, some of them pure fear. Each one is a slat nailed across my window of opportunity (I know, that last part sounds rather cliche). But here's what the photograph really means to me: I put these slats there and the more I work at myself, either overcoming my fears or learning to time manage better so I can accomplish my goals in relation to other things that I feel are holding me back, a slat comes off my window and inside there is a glimmer of hope (yes, I know, another cliche) that I will no longer be barred inside and I will become the artist I want to be.
We all have slats that we put across our windows. We all have fears and doubts and excuses. Let's take down those slats, make our opportunities and become who we want to be.