they say hindsight is 20:20. and in hindsight with the year 2020 coming to an end, it's truly a beautiful ending for me. so much immeasurable happiness came for me in small-little precious moments because of slowing my life down to notice them. and as i type this last blog of 2020, i have to smile and be thankful with what i have rather than regretting the things i did not get...
it's truly a beautiful ending for me. i survived this year. i'm still alive. i'm breathing, enjoying each breath i get to take, each moment i get. my artwork improved throughout the year. i've had many great experiences and wonderful travels with my pup. my life keeps getting better even though life in this covid world is frustrating and restrictive. so another year comes to an end. it's a beautiful ending and i cannot wait for new beginning filled with love, adventure, and hope in 2021...
still honestly, with 2020 coming to an end, this has been a pretty rotten year for most. for me, it has been an up and down year. my biggest ups were the times i spent with my doggie on adventures, and the high quality photographic artwork i created. i reconnected with my parents on a new level. a relationship left my life and ended, and another began and came into my life. but the downs ended up being mostly income for my photography business....international clients are not coming here to hire me to guide them to scenic locations, all of the art shows and art fairs were closed down all year, art galleries and vineyards where i have my work hanging had to close their doors much of the year...and because of the economy falling off into a recession, no one has been buying art online...sales, royalties, and commissions have been a trickle of a flow all year. i have had my photography business fall off and lose so much money, literally down well over one hundred thousand dollars from last year. which is a huge bummer...
but alas, for some reason, i feel artistically my photography grew, and got better. my artwork this year is the best i have ever created imho. i searched for unique locations and found so many beautiful and new unique impressions. i discovered some new editing techniques by luck that made my impressions even more beautiful. and i had so many wonderful adventures with my pup, besos across the united states. travelling over 30,000 miles in my new 2020 jeep grand cherokee to all four corners of the country, visiting 46 states and hiking over 300 miles together.
in fact, i am on one last adventure for 2020 with him as i type. we are in oregon shooting snow in the mountains, waterfalls in the forests in the rain, ocean formations on the coast, and having a blast doing it together...life is good, and 2020 was a good year for me in spite of it all
"remember, just because something beautiful ends, it does not necessarily mean goodbye...the sunset is a beautiful ending to the day, and the sun disappears into the night, but always returns once the darkness ends..." ― bodhinku, something beautiful ends
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