Being LymeBrave is a new blog series featuring writers who are turning their passions into purpose and transforming their experiences with Lyme disease into something positive. Follow along as we share the stories of Lyme patients and caregivers who are being brave in the face of illness.
I take photographs…or, I used to. Although, I have little interest in taking photographs of anything except the natural world. I suppose this is why: I love the outdoors and nature, wildlife and our natural planet. It is my passion. It is what I feel in my core. It is what I know, what I want to know, and what I want to depart. My ultimate goal--the one that matters more than anything else--has always been to have a photograph that makes people think about the world outside of them--the one that people often forget about and become mentally and spiritually disconnected from. Many times people get stuck in their day to day lives, dealing with things, getting busier and busier. My goal for capturing photographs of the environment we live in is to assert just that--it is the environment we live in. However, often we disregard nature, or the consequences of what we do to it, and we only end up affecting ourselves. Our health. Our balance. We are infinitely connected to nature and our natural planet. What happens to one thing, ultimately affects something else, and so it continues. If someone saw one of my images, read the caption, and it made them stop--just for a minute--and allowed them to see the bigger picture, it's all worth it.
