If you could soldier on headstrong into the storm,
I’ll be here waiting on the other side.
Don’t look back, The road is long. The first days of the war are gone.
Take back your former throne and turn the tide.
Cause if you never leave home, never let go,
you’ll never make it to the great unknown till you keep your eyes open, my love.
So tell me you’re strong, tell me you see. I need to hear it, will you promise me to keep your eyes open, my love.
Just past the circumstance, the first light… a second chance.
No child could ever dance the way you do.
Oh, tear down the prison walls, don’t start the curtain call.
Your chains will never fall until you do.
Cause if you never leave home, never let go,
you’ll never make it to the great unknown till you keep your eyes open, my love.
So show me your fire, show me your heart
…you know I’ll never let you fall apart, if you keep your eyes open, my love.
Open up your eyes, the weight is unbroken.
Open up your eyes, keep your eyes open.
Don’t let the night become the day, don’t take the darkness to the grave.
I know pain is just a place the will has been broken.
Don’t let the fear become the hate.
Don’t take the sadness to the grave.
I know the fight is on the way when the sides have been chosen.
Cause if you never leave home, never let go,
you’ll never make it to the great unknown.
Open up your eyes!
Keep your eyes open!
So tell me you’re strong, tell me you see!
I need to hear it, will you promise me to keep your eyes open, my love.
So show me your fire, show me your heart.
You know I’ll never let you fall apart, if you keep your eyes open, my love

- Needtobreathe

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

-Mark Twain

Sometimes looking at the world in a different light changes perspective on the beauty of it…. that’s my thought for the day.

For me, negative space in a photo evokes a feeling of freedom. It’s an invitation for my imagination to create possible stories and behind the image. Wide open skies or snow-covered fields that go on for miles, a sun setting into the sea spreading reds and blues across the horizon, plains of grass dancing as the wind runs through.  Photos that capture the quality of space pull my thoughts into a peaceful place where I can be still. My eyes move in the direction of the small details of the photo, wondering what they’re thinking, what their next move will be, where they’re headed.

I wonder what negative space in our lives would look like. I wonder what creating more space would do for the dreams and passions I have. I wonder if getting rid of the clutter and being content with stillness would bring more clarity to the things I really want to pursue. Negative space makes me wonder…