From the collection “Morgan Turns 21”
© Heidi Straube 2013
I see you
Whether you pretend to see me or not
Your nonchalance does not fool me
My heart remains the same
Love does not disappear on a whim.
Amid the chaos and distractions
The Beloved is always here.
She turned 21 today
And I remember…This picture.
The light coming through the window
Her trust in me so deep
Silently we did the dance
Of meeting Soul to Soul.
…This image.
Reminder to relax and deeply feel
the miracles I have lived.
No rush —
Creating the new must never erase
the essence of such Beauty.
Image: “Morgan” © Heidi Straube 2013
More Portraits – Portfolio
“I have a terrible need of —
shall I say the word? —
religion.
Then I go out and paint the stars.”
– From letters of Van Gogh to his brother
Image “Taos Tree, Jupiter and Mars”
© 2013 Heidi Straube
“Dog Food for the Mind and Soul” – (NY Times, Jason Eskenazi, new zine)
I love this new photography and writing creation – highlighted in the New York Times “Lens” blog – a newspaper started by the very talented Turkish photographer Jason Eskenazi and friends – other international photographers and writers – that came out of a frustration with the limited scope of how photo students were being taught to see and think.
I’m inspired by it all – the overall concept, the very personal approach of the interviews (and how they are handwritten), fun attitudes, and – most of all – the fact that this zine is meant to be touched, handled, passed around in its physical form, not as a digital screen product.
More! More!
(Yes, of course, I want a copy!)
The Inner Path of Photography 