Life Through My Lens - Walking Through Woods on a Snowy Evening...

I captured this crystalline covered copse a few weeks ago when our town was covered in frost and snow. It brought to mind a poem by Robert Frost.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

By - Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

Life Through My Lens - Walls...

I have passed this wall countless times as I have driven the winding road that wends its way through Price Canyon. As I was passing through again on a return journey to my home I saw it again, but this time I stopped to capture it with my camera. 

As I focused the lens and readied to take the photo, it struck me that we all have walls. 

I am not speaking merely of physical walls, but walls we build within ourselves. Daily, it seems, we add brick and mortar to those walls - not wanting to let others in past our defenses for fear of failure, rejection, or being hurt.

Still,

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, 

That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, 

And spills the upper boulders in the sun, 

And makes gaps even two can pass abreast...

(Excerpts from Mending Wall by Robert Frost)

The difficulty comes in letting the walls come down, brick by brick, leaving one open and vulnerable. And yet it is in these very moments of vulnerability, of utter openness that we have the greatest chance to make connections with others... to help them tear down their own walls... to be good neighbors... to be good friends...