BE - I too this photo at an outdoor book market in Paris. Through 2020, many have learned about being rather than doing as we've been in and out of quarantine, shutdowns, and lockdowns. Exploring and adventure doesn't always mean traveling somewhere, join me as I blog and explore!
lauren's musings
Blogging + exploring
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Connection, commission, company, community, communication, committee, communism, coeducation, compound, coffee, Coca-Cola!? Think about the prefix “co” for a minute, it means something is mutual, jointly shared. Isn’t that exactly what connection is? I often have a fear that if i’m not quite up to par with where I think I “should be”, but if I’m […]
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There are very few moments through my life when my heart has been plainly laid out. I’ve been encouraged by the concept of vulnerability countless times for the past week. Moving from a concept to a reality however, is one of the most difficult things as a human I can do. However, one that has […]
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Today I made an extremely difficult phone call. For several weeks, it has been my plan to depart for another week in Ukraine this coming Friday. There are no words to express well what has happened in Ukraine since the last blog post I have written. Standing for freedom for months, nationalist martyrs, and the […]
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At my home church, we have a group called the Energizers. (No, they’re not a group of battery lovers!) This is the Adult Bible Fellowship for those aged 70+. This past Sunday, we had an opportunity for the youth to serve the older generation a lunch after church. It’s really a beautiful thing to see […]
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About 2 weeks after returning home from Ukraine, I had finished up all my photos, organizing and editing and was quite content with the work. Photos from Peru, the Netherlands, Ukraine and England. Well over 10,000 photos. The weekend after I came home, I had photographed a wedding. It was so refreshing to be behind […]
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Something that I have been wrestling with for about the past 9 months is that I am convinced I take more creative photos with my iPhone than my camera. In sharing this with a man I deeply respect in the photography realm (http://www.jaypatelphotography.com), he suggested a small perspective shift, “why not use live view on your […]
