I visited the observation deck of the cruise terminal that overlooks the Elizabeth River and Crawford Bay today. It is one of my favorite places. I have shot and shown photographs from there before. This time I looked away from the river, photographing only reflections in the plate glass windows.
A man that I once worked for told me to try different things. Don't be afraid, he said, take a chance. Go out there and fail. I wish I had understood him better.
Eventually I was no longer alone on the patio. Someone else came up to enjoy the view. Now I know what I look like when I am up there dreaming.
steve
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"Go out there and fail." Some of the best words of advice anyone could heed. Easy to say; not too hard to understand; much more difficult to truly internalize, buy into and actually act upon. The world can be a scary place.
But that definitely is the way to go into it. Now I just need to talk myself into doing so.
Bill,
It was good advice. Just wish it hadn't taken me 20 years to begin to understand it.
steve
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