I was just looking over my New Years post from last year and, as I sigh, I don’t think I am alone when I say that 2020 has left us with much to be desired. As a fellow artist recently said to me - “I am not going to pretend to know anyone else’s struggles” - but I will say that we are all together in that we have all been impacted in our own unique ways.
For me, I was coming off an utterly amazing year in 2019 and brimming with hope and confidence of what the New Year would have in store!… Needless to say, it was a very different year. But it was not all bad, some of it quite good and rewarding in fact! And I sit here ultimately thankful for what I do have.
And I’m still crazy enough to look to the future with optimism! I think we need a little of that. Although I can’t say when for sure or what “normal” might be once we emerge from this, but I hold hope that we will figure it out. Who knows, maybe we will have learned a thing or two as well???
For my part, my goals looking forward remain quite similar. Though I definitely need to “get creative” to figure some logistics out, I intend to work at both the creative and personal facets of my life in the best manner possible given the situation. Isn’t that all one can do? And whatever the timeline ends up being for this or that, so be it, as long as I keep pushing onward, cherishing time with loved ones and living.
In these Winter months ahead, one priority is to keep communication and share the positivity of Nature’s beauty with you all on a more consistent basis. I sincerely hope I am able to procure the means that I need to once again be able to work on my photographs, as I think I have mentioned before - my back log of film that I am absolutely stoked about is piling up!!!
And let’s not forget the really fun part of it all - getting out there!!! So come on SNOW in the Northeast!!!!!!!!!❄️ In regards to that notion, there are a few things I’m pretty stoked about, but that is for another post…
So, there you have it. Those are my thoughts for these Winter months and I am going to bite my tongue on any speculation of Spring/Summer and beyond. We shall see where we are in time… but in the meantime, please enjoy a few iPhone pics of moments “out there” in Winter’s past from one of my favorite places on Earth, Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Just maybe one or two of these is representative of actual photographs I exposed😉
My absolute best wishes for everyone to have a safe, healthy, wonderful, Happy New Year!
Brandon
