On Taking a Selfie of Myself Taking a Selfie of Myself

Today I posted this selfie to Facebook.  I captured it at the photography museum in Balboa Park, San Diego last fall.  I was having fun with the mirror they had set up there as part of the display.  When I saw it again today it made think about how our self-image is so very important.  How we see ourself influences everything we do.  

​It has taken me a long time to see myself as a fine art photographer and also as a writer.  When I retired, my intention was to pursue writing.  Photography came along a couple years later.  Both occupations are very rewarding to me.   And I mean that as it "occupies" me as a past-time and hobby, but also as an artist.

Taking myself seriously as either of these has been a long journey.  I am still on the path.  This year feels like the year I will "come into my own."  I'm not saying I'm going to make a living or become famous or anything, but then, I shouldn't rule anything out.  Follow your bliss.  Pursue your passions.  A while back I voiced these thoughts to the wrong people.  They laughed or made dismissive remarks.  I know they were only be "realistic", but now I know that you need to find it inside yourself to be who and what you are.

So now I am cultivating my own mind's image of me.  It starts from where we are at and can only move forward.  Mirrors don't lie which is why I am cleaning up the mirror in my mind so it reflects to me as the healthy, happy and creative me I know I am.  

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