As a photographer you come to the realization that not all of your works will make it to the gallery. Or become a finished product. So you literally have to sit and pick which is good, and which just doesn't make the cut. Applying this theory to my life; I use to be characterized as a picky person. You ask my high school friends or college roommates, they know I rarely dated someone out of the top 5 hottest women. And when I would get them I would treat them like they were the greatest thing since sliced bread.
But now I really see that I was glorifying the exterior of everything, even myself. But If I was to really see it all, I was picking the bottom fruit. The ones with bruises and rotten. Not to say I haven't dated some great women or even done some great things. But If I am to really be happy, I must become picky with the inside. I must see the soul. and pick out all the bad traits, so when it hits the gallery, people will see a vision and not just something pretty.
I want to see the whole person, their values, their spirit, their dreams, Hopes, failures, and God. I believe I need
to be picky about these things inside myself as well. I don't accept me because I've accepted too many things that go against my morals. So before I put my show up for everyone to see, I need to get correct with myself and the values God has placed in me.
I think this goes for everyone, we should pay more attention to the inside especially our own inside =)
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