Still Life

I often wonder how I would other wise cope with the ebb and flow of the tides of life if I did not have my camera to help me make sense of it all. There are moments when something strikes me like a dream or a thought that springs up from the past, and I can feel my body shifting to reflect whats happening inside of me . I can feel my face carving out new life lines while my body leans to bear the weight of old thoughts and feelings. There is a natural reflex that occurs; the extension of my hand reaching for what I like to call the recorder of light.
I love to think that in order for an image to be perceived and captured by the cameras eye or the human eye for that matter, light must be present to outline it and thus bring it into existence.
This image is a reflection of one of those moments. It has been along time since I have turned the camera on myself in one of those "reflective" moments and even more daring is the fact that I am letting go of inhibitions to show it.

Room With A View

This image was taken in The Netherlands one evening back in 1999, a few days shy of 2000. I'm reminded of the sense of anxiety over the ole Y2K bug and all. Hmm, looking back I realize even more so the power of the spoken word.
I'm reminded of the Orson Wells radio broadcast of a chapter from the H G Wells novel "The War of the Worlds" and all of the hype and panic attached to an "invasion of earth by Martians".
I often get the feeling we were had in some cruel and unusual way with the Y2K riga-ma-roll just like those folks listening to the radio back in the day.
Whats your take on the whole thing? Did you secretly horde Sterno cans and powdered milk? Did you sit ever so closely to your TV set biting your nails waiting for Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean, to ring in the New Year before the rest of world while wondering what would happen to them first? Or did you anticipate some massive power outage or the bidding adieu of our existence much like Princess Leia's home planet of Alderaan. (that may be too dramatic but you get the idea)