04/15/2023
While in Costa Rica, I rarely walked around with more than my phone to capture images. This particular night at my favorite beach was different. Getting ready for my nightly sunset swim/walk, I was thinking about the quandary I was in about continuing my 20 year career as a photographer. The passion was still there, but I was feeling the call towards something unknown and different. I trusted the unusual nudge to bring my camera. As I strolled the beach enjoying the warm sand, I silently recited “be here now” and took in the jaw dropping scenery of the colorful sky, the ocean, the lush green jungle, happy people and basked in the presence. I noticed a woman sitting in lotus position in the water meditating towards the sunset and a man walk up and sit about 20 feet away also in lotus position. I took a picture smiling from the peace that washed over me. I walked on in gratitude eventually passing where they were at, following the lead of my intuition until I heard intuition say “turn around”. I wanted to keep walking. A few steps later “turn around”. So, I did. What I saw was such exquisite beauty I dropped to my knees in joy and awe and fumbled to get my camera out saying “thank you, thank you, thank you”. The first image is what I captured. The picture does not do life justice, but the memory is secure in my heart. And the sign I took from it…I felt secure that the artist, my creative passion would always be alive, but might just present differently. This moment was better than anything I could have planned. More than anything it was another reminder that I could trust my intuition and while I may not know the path ahead, I would be more than OK. I met the woman on the beach and showed her the back of my camera. She called me an angel. Not an angel, just a woman living her truth and following her heart.
