Creativity to me is like the air I breathe. It makes me feel alive. It is so incredibly important to me. And so, I value instilling creativity within my children to a grand, grand degree. On an ordinary, every day basis, that looks like delving into the areas in which they show their own natural interest.
I will be tempted to say no... or "perhaps later".... because of all the demands on me as the mother and the home maker. The school day heaps the challenge of time additionally onto the pile. Such limited time between when they are home, when they need a snack, when we must accomplish homework (for both of them - and I have a mere two), when I must prep, cook, and clean up from dinner, when we must spend some play time as a family with their daddy, and then it is time for bed for the proper amount of rest that they need. Finding time to throw caution to the wind and run the rabbit trails of their interests is hard...
But it is worth it... and necessary.
Yesterday was crazy windy. Super crazy windy. We entered the garage after school pickup with a "rainstorm" of leaves. Little Buddy took off running, trying to catch one mid air. And he did.
He ran up to me SO excited and we celebrated his awesomeness. Then he told me, like I wasn't already aware, that you could put a leaf under paper, color over it, and draw the leaf! So I suggested we do, just that. I was tempted... didn't really have "time" to do that yesterday. However, with the grand scheme of my job of mother, I don't have time NOT to embrace these things and the moments.
It was overcast. super cloudy. 4pm. The art room is on the other side of the house than the sun at that time of day. That room is a wreck. I'm not talking perfect mom's version of wreck. I'm talking borderline hoarder wreck. I had the idea to photograph this moment, but I hesitated again. This wasn't really a "photography worthy" scenario. However, it is my real. And my real is worth photographing.
So off I went.
I shot these with my Nikon D800
Nikon 50mm 1.4D
I will be tempted to say no... or "perhaps later".... because of all the demands on me as the mother and the home maker. The school day heaps the challenge of time additionally onto the pile. Such limited time between when they are home, when they need a snack, when we must accomplish homework (for both of them - and I have a mere two), when I must prep, cook, and clean up from dinner, when we must spend some play time as a family with their daddy, and then it is time for bed for the proper amount of rest that they need. Finding time to throw caution to the wind and run the rabbit trails of their interests is hard...
But it is worth it... and necessary.
Yesterday was crazy windy. Super crazy windy. We entered the garage after school pickup with a "rainstorm" of leaves. Little Buddy took off running, trying to catch one mid air. And he did.
He ran up to me SO excited and we celebrated his awesomeness. Then he told me, like I wasn't already aware, that you could put a leaf under paper, color over it, and draw the leaf! So I suggested we do, just that. I was tempted... didn't really have "time" to do that yesterday. However, with the grand scheme of my job of mother, I don't have time NOT to embrace these things and the moments.
It was overcast. super cloudy. 4pm. The art room is on the other side of the house than the sun at that time of day. That room is a wreck. I'm not talking perfect mom's version of wreck. I'm talking borderline hoarder wreck. I had the idea to photograph this moment, but I hesitated again. This wasn't really a "photography worthy" scenario. However, it is my real. And my real is worth photographing.
So off I went.
I shot these with my Nikon D800
Nikon 50mm 1.4D