My camera has been a constant companion this year so far on my Boise River Greenbelt walks and last week I captured this photo of a swan swimming gracefully in a pond close to the Boise River in Idaho. I really love swans and the reflections in the water that seem to gracefully follow them in a loving dance of water and shadows.

This pretty pair of swans that like to have lunch around the same time as I go for walks.
This photograph is a bit different from my usual work because I am submitting it to National Geographic’s Your Shot which requires completely unedited photos. Normally I put my pictures through a fairly extreme process to alter them and reflect my graphic design visions. This image is completely RAW and straight from my camera, and ts funny but it almost looks naked to me

Source: Swans Enjoying Lunch…

“Look at things not as they are, but as they will be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future.” ~David Schwartz

I am finding this to be true in my own life. Every action I take has been a visualized thought brought into reality. What I think about it in a day is what I make happen in a day. Sure there are random events and things out of my control and I do factor those in, but for the most part my day will unfold as exactly as I want it to. The more I slow down my thought processes and identify the unconscious urges, the clearer it all becomes. I am feeling depths of calm and wisdom I didn’t know existed. Disagreements are just opportunities for me to choose what I want to believe and then exist within…

“Specialized Suggestions”

I designed this piece and then when I really looked at it I understood that it was suggesting some interesting ideas to me. The idea of letting go and just being free. Throwing off the containing energies and dancing with the soul. I see movement and freedom and color and light. My imagination takes me on a wild ride as I contemplate the magic of the moment….

“Conscious Cooperations”

Around and around and around I go. From one thing to the next and then back again. My artwork today is taking me on a roller coaster ride of sensations and feelings. I have written a rather mysterious tale here waiting to be read. An abstract journey into the past present and future.

For me I hear the sound of passion sitting quietly and waiting for the opportunity to feel itself. I know that pain of remembering what I have lost. I see the opportunities for abundant growth and I remember how far I have come. I do understand that this is just life and an illusion living itself……

What do you hear in this work, what do you know, what do you see and what does that make you remember and then understand and do? Can you look deeply into this image and answer those questions?

“Multidimensional Directions”

How many directions can I travel in at any one time? In this new series of work I am pondering, I am playing with multiple background designs in every pattern. This has led me to my initial question 🙂 I am really enjoying the synchronicity I can find with using more than one idea at a time. It reminds me of life where I am pulled in many directions and have to make sense of them all…

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Map Of The World 2

Travel Art

Mixed Media Painting

Sharon Cummings

2012

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Where have you always wanted to travel?  I think the next on my list will be Canada.  We just got back from a mini-vacation to Venice…..Florida that is.  And while we didn’t go far, it sure was lovely to get away from work and home responsibilities for awhile.  Just the sand, surf and a tropical drink in my hand….ahhhh  But back to work!

Where do you want to go?