Here are some of the various and sundry things I’d been thinking about when my latest pieces, ‘Transition’ and ‘Time Between Times’, came together:

- Life is a journey, not a destination.

- The explosion of mobile technology (i.e. smart phones, apps, etc.) has greatly reduced our ability to wait for things.

- We always remember the big events of life, when things end and begin, but the problem is that the bulk of life is lived in the middle. Endings often mean new beginnings and lots of middle. And who we are becoming and ultimately who we will be is made in that middle.

- Can we learn to love the mundane?

- The only thing constant in life is change.

- For so long, I’ve hated long car rides – I just get bored, and want to be distracted from my boredom. Is that bad?

- Is there such a thing as active, productive waiting?

- We get so focused on building a resume, a list of accomplishments that proves we have worth, but can we learn to value the process more than the results? In other words, it’s easy to focus on what we’ve done because it’s measurable, but isn’t it more important who we are?

- In various ancient literatures, sunrise and sunset and also the shore of a body of water were sacred times and places where beauty and sacred things happened. Even today, photographers reference the 'magic hour' when the light is perfect for taking pictures. When is that magic hour? Right around sunset.

- Ultimately, almost all of my pieces have a very active, unsettled-ness to them. They always make me think of things that will be, but aren't there quite yet.