"Gave up the ghost he had nothing else to say
but it was him who brought me to this day..."
These are lyrics to a song by my fave band The Eels. The song is called "I'm a Hummingbird". What amazing lyrics. What an amazing song! What an amazing band!
I guess we all come with "baggage" with a "past" with our own "war years", with our own "ghosts". I'm no exception. But it was this exact time last year when I decided to give up my own ghosts. I was going to pursue my art, my photography. I was going to TRY by just DOING. To do was my challenge. So I did and I am truly amazed by what I have done just by being open and letting things happen, by just doing.
But like the lyrics, I wouldn't be here without the ghosts. And now that I have let go of most of them (hey, i'm human), can I admit that I am really...




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