on my way back home

"in Japan there is an ancient tradition, called haibun, of writing journals combined with poetry and illustrations. sometimes, the pictures elicit the stories; sometimes it is the other way around. soon the stories annotating your photos create "moments of enlightened awareness". after a while you begin to have those moments more often.

the more you write it, the more you develop that mindset, and then you start seeing things to pay attention to around you that you might otherwise have missed."

- Henriette Anne Klauser on photojournalism, Put your heart on paper

Comments

[Chookooloonks]

I love this quote, Irene. Is this a new book you're reading?

[blackbird]

- True words.

[tut-tut]

But this is what I aspire to . . . and you are doing it for all to use as inspiration.

[Chris]

Thank you for sharing the quote.

[g.]

Le titre a t-il un sens caché ?
Bises,
g.

[melanie]

ah, yes, such a worthy skill to practice... paying attention.

[Aimee]

Beautiful. Seeing the world through Irene Nam's eyes. Priceless.

More. I want to see more.


This is a great motivation for me. Thank you for that, Irene.

[Heather C.]

Sigh. I heart Henriette!

[heather]

I love this photo, the little birdy is perfect. That qoute is inspiring.

[char*]

We should all pay attention more often...

[Karyn]

absolutely gorgeous picture, irene. i can almost feel the serenity of that twilight moment, which lasts only for a little while...

[tracey]

oh, I have been musing about staring up a mixed media type journal. It's beautiful in my head. I'll bet it'd be even more wonderful if I just started the darn thing.

: )