A New Week

Labor Day was fun. I ended up playing some softball with a group of people. I only knew one person, but I went to release some stress. Sports is one one the best ways to do that. As the game was being played, my competitive side got the better of me. I am not a very good looser. Years of playing softball allow me to see things differently. Ademas we were playing on a baseball field... Not the most appealing conditions.

As I was playing though, I observed some interesting behaviours. Being that the game was played on a grass field the ball slowed down considerably. The bases were also 75 feet and not the normal 60 feet. As I stood down the third base line coaching I would watch as the runners gave up when they hit about 50 feet. They would kind-of jog the rest of the way. Of course, they would be out as well, dousing hopes of having a runner on to score.

Then I got to thinking. How often do we run half-way or three-quarters of the way? Do we do this in our own lives? I love standing back and observing people and their behaviours. I would see the look on the runners face. They knew they would be thrown out, so they gave up. My coaches always yelled as we ran down the line, "Run it out!", "All the way through!" Coaches instill life-long values into their players whether they realize it or not.

I started thinking about life and school. As I sat in my photo class today, I wrote my thoughts in my sketch book. There is a new resolve inside of me toward school. My attitude has changed and I am ready to run it out and run hard. This is what I love about sports, because there is so much that can be applied to everyday life.

The following photographs are from Marion Wheeler. The colors have inspired my want to do digital pinhole shots. The photographs are from various parts in Asia and Spain. These photographs were shown in Hong Kong in March of last year. Marion, along with Amber Matthews, have since published their pinhole work into a book called "0.2 Point of View."


























The following photographs are by Amber Matthews, from the same show and book.