I have been trying to work with meditation, visualization and setting intention lately. Visualization I came to early in life, both through a wildly fruitful and well encouraged imagination, and through a couple of dance teachers who used visualization to manifest proper posture and movement. It really is amazing how much our mental images, or lack there of can effect you anatomy. Some of the images are so strong, I use them to this day: need to relax or getting a massage—images that you are made of soft, warm dough; want to walk like a ballet dancer—imagine two huge meat hooks hoisting you up under your ribcage, lifting you, but you shoulders are free and loose (avoid the should to ear look, which is never a good idea). I hurt my hip several weeks ago, and it will hurt to walk when I over do it, but if I image myself lifted from my center, not “sitting” in my hips, almost all the pain is gone.

The the beginning of this year, I decided that I was going to move from being a photo dabbler to photographer. I was going to be able to be someone who really knew how to use their camera, used the manual mode most —if not all the time, and got the shot on purpose, not by accident. During the month of February, I took two in person classes, two online classes, and set up 3 shooting days. I even got a set of two “proper” strobe lights off craig’s list. I feel 100% more confident, and know I have a ways to go.

I have also set an intention to fill out the Dangerous Curves rooster, and now have two new wonderful woman working with us—one of the a great trained dancer, which opens great creative doors for me!

Now it’s all about keeping the ball rolling as I enter into another heavier work period, so I don’t let all this progress be lost.

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