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Saturday, July 16, 2011

losing you

July Small Stones

losing you by Teri H Hoover

art work Traigh Mor by Douglas Robertson
on Writing Our Wary Home Poetry from Art Group

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Walking in faith, my heart open to Gods grace- - -I am carried to where I'm needed to be. (And I am not always happy with that.)

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teri: Into the blue~eyed blessing of sight~this world blends into the next. This camera enables me to see with my heart.Faith comes alive. With Gods grace -I am carried to where I'm needed to be.

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What a small stone Gathering Means to Me
by Teri H Hoover

I am a happy photographer and a reluctant writer.

Growing up, my family took small hikes and big camping trips. Small stones would always find their way into my pockets. Heaving his brow into a knot, my dad would growl and fuss, muttering, "what are you gonna do with all them damn rocks?" Six kids collecting stones, weighed him down. Despite the growling, every trip would yield a cache of small stones that "had to stay outside."

Fast- forward 40 years or so. Each one of 6 children have healthy collections of stones, sticks, bones, leaves, and nests, inside their homes. I think my mother played a key role in our collecting. She never seemed disturbed by the stones and stuff.

I survived growing up by writing (I wrote back then), photographing everything and collecting stones and other odd bits of stuff. I stopped writing after the age of 22 - my interior landscape frighten me too much. I took refuge in photography to tell the story.

So this is a return to the edge of me - where I end and the hole begins. And I do mean hole, not whole. Exposed-the photographer walking the path of perseverance in writing. Initially begun in January 2011- I wandered a two mile path-called the Huckleberry Trail in Blacksburg, Virginia. I bundle up against the elements, and my thoughts flowed into words. So filled with seeing - I walked right through winter, into spring. Riding high and feeling balanced. When the exterior harshness subsided, I was surprised to find I was left with a much harsher interior landscape- exposing fault lines, fissures and heartbreak. It took me a few weeks to realize; if I could walk the exterior landscape of winter I might apply the same idea toward my inner landscape.

The breath of God, found in my very own breath, keeps me grounded. Clear seeing, blended with physical movement, will bring me home. Faith is not "having" faith. It is believing faith has you in the palm of its hand- and it will carry you safely to where God needs you to be. The journey continues...

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