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In 10 seconds….

In 10 seconds….

 

The ground can shift and rumble to crush tragically the lives of millions of people in Nepal and surrounding regions as did last week.

 

In 10 seconds…. The ice and snow can avalanche devastation for thousands around the area of Base Camp as did last week.

 

In 10 seconds…. Water can gush into the lungs and extinguish the lives of those sadly trapped in cars in flooded roads just near our home at Caboolture yesterday.

 

In 10 seconds, the path of life can end; can change; or be diverted. If one survives these events – the way one sees the world and one’s circumstances shifts into a different and new reality.

 

I reflected quietly yesterday afternoon in the warm soft autumn sunlight after my run, and wondered whether it only takes events like these to change the path of one’s life… or whether one’s way of seeing the world can actually shift one’s circumstances into a different and new reality; without having to experience such tragic circumstances.

 

I wondered whether in 10 seconds one could change the way one thought about one’s life; and look at things differently; a new perspective – from a new place with renewed vigour, passion, hope, commitment, wisdom, connection, confidence, joy, openness, loving; and a willingness to embrace and explore living from an innate and innocent place of reverence for life…..

 

I wondered whether in 10 seconds I could shift something within myself to ensure that I can truly revere my life by not being complacent, nor wasting opportunities and possibilities for experiencing the richness of living.

 

The sky was fresh and clear after a storm last week and I immersed myself in the stars as they pulsed, and I recognised how expansive the Universe is. I felt the bigger picture – and humility; and recognised how some things that I thought were important – were really insignificant in the ‘Grand Scheme’ of things. I started to reflect on what was really important to me to experience and achieve in my “wild and precious life” (Mary Oliver)

 

My life is fragile; transient; and Time is fleeting.

 

I will not know when I will be experiencing my last 10 seconds…. But more than that, I think that in 10 seconds I can change the way I think about things… to create a new way of seeing….a new way of thinking about things. I don’t know how this will go in many areas of my life…but I’m going to give it a try. In areas of my life where I feel a bit lost; a bit uncertain; a bit stagnant; not flourishing; unfulfilled; procrastinating; not taking action…. I’m actually going to see if in 10 seconds I can create change in my mind with how I think and view things… so that rather than experiencing a devastating event to be a ‘wake up call’ or create unwanted change…. I can see if I can create that change myself – just by shifting my perspective or how I view something … or take action to do something I didn’t have the courage, impetus or drive to do or experience before.

 

….In 10 seconds last night I decided take action to unpack my camera and lenses today; after they have returned from Germany from being serviced and repaired and have sat in a brown cardboard box unopened in my studio for 7 months.

 

….In 10 seconds last night, I decided I would broadcast and share my new website with my subscribers… which I have held off doing for months, because I “haven’t quite finished it yet.”

 

I invite you all to spend some time wandering around my new website which I have designed and created myself… which isn’t quite finished yet, but still is filled with beautiful images and words. I haven’t been able to quite get my header on this broadcast as I want it to be… but in the ‘Grand Scheme’ of things – perhaps it doesn’t really matter.

 

In 10 seconds I decided I would take action and share what I have created… in it’s imperfection…. And later today I will wipe off the dust and cobwebs from the cardboard box on the floor of my studio and hold my camera in may hands and see what experience emanates from that.

 

I hope you enjoy your journey with me through my website, and if you have any comments or find any issues with the navigation or display problems with it; I truly welcome your feedback.

 

So…. Yes… the potential and possibilities which lie in 10 seconds……

 

 

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I am a Journeywoman. I live my life as an explorer. An adventurer. An Observer. An Artist. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and the art that is an expression of it. It is through my experience adventuring the unknown, that I learn more about myself. My aim through this connection is to live where my expression is fully in alignment with the essence of who I am. “In the field of Fine-Art Photography, Julie stands apart from others with the way she sees the world and expresses her connection within it. Julie Stephenson’s photographs are sublime. Her work is an expression of her deep connection; and a gift to the world.”

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