Insight
EYESIGHT
By LEAH BLUTSCHLI
bluntsch@mscd.edu
Find your happiness
I had been driving around Denver for most of my Monday a few weeks ago, running errands, which seemed to lead me to opposite ends of the city. I had been stuck in traffic, dodged careless drivers and struggled against becoming the homicidal road-raging freak that driving for more than a couple of hours in an urban environment will usually make me.
A pedestrian walks across Market Street on the 16th Street Mall, framed between the skyscrapers of downtown Denver.
On this journey of errands, I found myself driving east on Market Street. Stopping at the red light on 16th Street, I looked at the sky and noticed this cloud peeking through the tall buildings that line the streets. What a great shot, I thought to myself. And I reached for my camera, which was riding shotgun like a good little camera should. I took the above photo through my cracked Saturn windshield, just before the light turned green.
It's not the most perfect or amazing photo by any means, but I was happy with it. A pedestrian had serendipitously walked in front of my car while I thought I was making a picture of the cloud. His silhouette, perfectly placed between the buildings, adds a bit of interest to the photo. Go ahead and critique it; it's not the greatest photo, but it was the best thing that happened to me that day.
That's when I realized that photography makes me happy. I realized that even on my worst day, I can strap on my camera, go out and take pictures-and I'll be OK. There's something very relieving about knowing that. I already know you can never rely on family or friends for happiness. There has to be something else you can depend on to make your day, or at least keep you sane. So if you have your thing, be it collecting marbles, doing laundry or going fishing, enjoy. Relish! And if you don't, find it.
