dancingtowardsmyescape

This blog will be about my latest escape plan.... leaving my job to become a grad-student and moving from Cambridge,MA USA to Cambridge UK. There will be both blue and gray sky moments as I try to fumble my way through my new surroundings and an ocean out of my comfort zone.

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I am moving over from Boston to Berlin and am excited for this new chapter!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

My treasured Photo..

The best gifts are those that are not expected……surprises…

I went to my pigeon hole today and I saw that I had a package and so I went to the Porter to pick it up. I was confused because it wasn’t in some Air Mail or Fed-Ex box….it was in a bag. Hmmmm….this must be a local/hand delivery…….lots of things go through my head as to what it could be and I am intrigued. The bag is big and has my name written on it with green marker……and it is a good weight. I look it and I am stunned….I look up at the Porter who has been watching me and I said, “Is this really for me?” “Seriously?”

Porter: ”Yes it is for you. Nice isn’t it?”

Me: “Unbelievable and Unexpected!”

Inside the bag is my favourite picture framed and mounted beautifully from non-other than the Artist himself! James……..

When I first got here I found his link of his work….. and fell in love with his pictures and the stories that I made up to go with them. These photos and stories became comforting as I was struggling to adjust to my new life here in the UK.

I told James how much I enjoyed his work but never got to have the proper sit down asking him….what he saw in his pictures and the people and places in them. The year was busy and time passed and my silly little stories that I placed with his visions were left unsaid.

This stopped when at his party on Saturday, I was gushing about his photos with a group of people that hadn’t had the pleasure to see them. I started to enlighten the party-goers as to my Super-Fan Groupie Status of his work. …….(I don’t know if James was tipsy or embarrassed to be present in this conversation because he was a humble Red James) . I told him/them my favourites and what I saw in the pictures and the story that I made up.

The picture that I am speaking of is this beautiful dreamy black and white of a girl going up stairs…… the light at the top…. to me speaks of Hope and Love…..she is running towards Love, filled with hope along the way up. Love like climbing stairs can be a lot of work but along the way you are excited at what will lies ahead/awaiting at the top and you are satisfied when you are there.

When I am fond of a picture I look and dream away…thinking “I want to know where this place exist, I want to go there.”

James told me these stairs are near his home in Bath and the girl is his sister……knowing this I love the photo even more! I will make a trip to these stairs….(where knowing me I will be half way up and trip down….Yes I am the type of person who falls up the stairs ….oh my shins can’t wait)

I was thrilled beyond words to see this photo waiting for me. I am a person rarely found speechless….but at this moment I was left with nothing but a gasp and pure bliss. I feel so blessed to have done something right to not only place myself in this moment and time to have met someone like James (who is so kind and talented) but that I have also gained his friendship.

The photo means a lot to me. I will always look at this photo and smile. He is sharing his talented and it brings me such enjoyment, but the real gift is his friendship.

Thank you James!

For leaving me speechless……..



http://www.jameskirkbride.com/

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