Sunday, June 15, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
To Be Known
Recently I got the chance to go to Sweden. I went as a photographer. I was asked to go in order to document the musicians I went with, and to shoot a musical festival that was happening in Stockholm.
Since I got the opportunity to go on this trip I wanted to build my personal portfolio as well. I wanted to really capture the people of Stockholm. Where did they work? what did they do for fun? Did they like where they lived? Are they pursuing their dreams?
On our last day in Stockholm we went to an Italian restaurant called Vapianos. It was some of the greatest food that I have ever had. At this restaurant they had a coffee bar. The man working there had just returned from Italy that morning. He was studying espresso there (of course). Ben (one of the musicians on the trip) and I were talking to the coffee bar tender and then I asked if I could photograph him. He said of course and then struck a pose. I said "I am going to sell this fantastic photo of you and make lots of money." He then replied "That is okay, I just want to be known."
Woah
Did you hear that?
I just want to be known.
Isn't that what we all want? Just to be known?
I realize that he had dreams of being famous and maybe that is what he was referring to, but I think it goes much deeper. All of us want to be known. We all have that desire. Some of us seek that from family, friends, lovers, or even from the media and the big stage. We want to be known by someone... And we are. We are known. Not only are we known, but we are known by the creator of the universe. The God who spoke this world into creation knows us.
He knows me.
He created each one of us and formed us in the womb. He breathed life into us. And He deeply, deeply knows us. He knows our fears, our pains, our desires, our loves, our grief, and our dreams. He knows our inmost being.
That is great news. We are known and we are loved.
Since I got the opportunity to go on this trip I wanted to build my personal portfolio as well. I wanted to really capture the people of Stockholm. Where did they work? what did they do for fun? Did they like where they lived? Are they pursuing their dreams?
On our last day in Stockholm we went to an Italian restaurant called Vapianos. It was some of the greatest food that I have ever had. At this restaurant they had a coffee bar. The man working there had just returned from Italy that morning. He was studying espresso there (of course). Ben (one of the musicians on the trip) and I were talking to the coffee bar tender and then I asked if I could photograph him. He said of course and then struck a pose. I said "I am going to sell this fantastic photo of you and make lots of money." He then replied "That is okay, I just want to be known."
Woah
Did you hear that?
I just want to be known.
Isn't that what we all want? Just to be known?
I realize that he had dreams of being famous and maybe that is what he was referring to, but I think it goes much deeper. All of us want to be known. We all have that desire. Some of us seek that from family, friends, lovers, or even from the media and the big stage. We want to be known by someone... And we are. We are known. Not only are we known, but we are known by the creator of the universe. The God who spoke this world into creation knows us.
He knows me.
He created each one of us and formed us in the womb. He breathed life into us. And He deeply, deeply knows us. He knows our fears, our pains, our desires, our loves, our grief, and our dreams. He knows our inmost being.
That is great news. We are known and we are loved.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Exploring the Waters
"May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing, no holding back, the way it is with children." -Rainer Maria Rilke
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