Pears and Other Girls
March 15, 2011 
Funny how it is. How I know that I'm all grown up with a grown-up family and a mortgage and other adult commitments and responsibilities. And yet - I'm still that child-at-heart. Still playful..creative..imaginative..free. Still believing that I have a whole life ahead of me to be whom ever I want to be. What ever.
Becoming.
This growing..changing..evolving. It doesn't end. It is forever beginning. One age and stage..and then another - each one bringing with it life's unique gifts.
Returning and re-visiting spaces and places that once played such an important and significant role in forming me. With an uncertain wisdom. Believing that I know better who I am today..but not really knowing anything at all. Believing I have answers..but - in truth - they are only questions turned around.
Recently I had just that opportunity. To be found again in a place in which I was once so lost. To be reminded of who I once was ..and who I still am..and who I might someday still become. What energized and excited me. What kept me awake at night - with hope and dreams and grand master plans.
Mostly - it was a reminder that I'm still me. A little older..a little wiser. But still - that same child inside.
Care-free.
Reader Comments (25)
Hmmmmm.
The photos link back you know ;-)
What is it they say? You're never too old to have a happy childhood. Beautiful shot--the like colors are spot on!
I always say, the more I learn, the less I know. But it is good that we keep circling back, to that learning place.
I just adore the reflections. Very cool set up and shot Marcie.
all good things come in three, we say here in Holland... you got the number right.
Have a great day!
So true, everyone should care for their inner child :-) Great image as always Marcie!
I love your photo, it is simply beautifull. Lovely post and is it wonderful to be care-free.
I remember my 89-year old mother telling me a couple of years ago that she found it really strange that she felt exactly the same person as she was when she was 18. Inside she felt she was that exact same person - no sense of age other than the outward signs. And she's right - I feel the same.
What this reminds me of, Marcie, is the sense of having many lifetimes. If I feel like I have that even in THIS lifetime, it makes it very easy to believe there were many more before I entered this one. Not something I grew up believing, mind you, but I love the feeling of it. The beginning and ending and beginning again of many lives that all belong to what makes me who I am. I love how you think about this in your own way....
i know what you mean, i often get a very tangible feeling that i'm exactly the same as i was when i was 5 years old, physically i have changed, but inside i'm still the girl who wouldn't step on a crack in the sidewalk... sorry if i offended you by the title of my picture, but it's the only one i could think of, perhaps for that reason
Very beautiful work on the light Marcie. I like the reflections of this composition which you had to realize on a glass surface.
beautiful image . love these dark tones and light and still great reflection
Sometimes I think that we all have several lives which are happening simultaneously. From time to time one of them will be primary, but the others are still happening, just less intensely. I think this happens in every aspect of our lives: work, religion, home, love, hobbies, avocational pursuits, everything. I am married, but sometimes my spouse is not the primary love interest in my llfe. No affairs, no, not like that, (at least, not physical affairs) but still, love can come in your life in ways that don't necessarily conform to who you are married to. Sometimes my profession is paramount, sometimes it's near irrelevant. From time to time one or more of my hobbies, my avocational interests will come to the fore, and be where my time is spent. Ane yes, sometimes my spouse is number one. Sometimes my life at home is the base for everything. It's an ever-changing mix of elements that make life interesting.
lovely still life. the pears add great color.
I love the photo, excellent - and so are your written thoughts!
Always be care-free. Don't let yourself get stuck in the cycle of society. Do what you want... we live only once...so chase your happiness.Live life!!
thanks for visiting my photoblog :)
Take care
Child at heart!
That's why adults still cannot resist amusement parks? ;)
Some people treat iphone as a toy!
I chuckles at your title. I thought you were going to write about becoming pear-shaped as we age! :-) I especially like the reflections!
this is a fantastic image. how do you do that? wonderful post!
Thank you so much Marcie for your wisdom!
Wise words being bandied about by you, the last few days. Excellent photography - although maybe the one of today: the flowers are not reflecting. So I wonder - would the reflection be better or will it be the crop shape of the picture.
Care free. That is the state of mind when my parents were still looking after me. I will never be able to reset to that state of mind again - which is sad. But that is life. So I continue to discover new excitements and things to do. Wanting to be creative is the river running through it :-)
I'd love to feel like a child at heart, but somehow this winter and all my aches and pains has just beaten me down... hopefully, spring will be the antidote. Lovely reflections, Marcie. xoxo
i love your photo and words, makes me think about the the unceasing capability to get stunned by the world,
(typical of childhood), and our hopes to stay young at least with a clear mind ;-)
i hate change.
but when it suits me, i embrace it.
mostly, i like being in my comfort zone, which is weird since
i measure my life by those periods of change.