“Like the spring trees, I am putting out buds, the promises of future work.
“My short daily essays are the buds I put on bare branches.
“If I am alert enough and an optimist, I see these buds and know that something rich is coming in.
“I am experienced enough to know that the light-green misting promises full foliage and real ideas that will emerge just as surely as the trees below my window will be heavy with green before too long.”
Julia Cameron, The Sound of Paper
I’m envious of your buds!! It’s been a cold and wet spring and we need a little sun I think to coax them out.
Also, unrelated – my hubby and I will be at Tufts for a weekend at the end of June (a Fri-Sat) for a conference and we were thinking of heading into Boston Sat night – Sun when we get out. Will you be around? Would love to meet you in person!!
Katie
Beautiful photo essay – Julia Cameron’s words fit so nicely with your Spring photos (and vice versa!)
[…] while since I’ve revisited The Sound of Paper (though Julia’s words, particularly about buds, continue to remind me, gently, that I’m not alone on this writer’s path). I decided to […]