{"id":276,"date":"2016-06-15T18:16:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/messenger\/?p=276"},"modified":"2018-09-19T18:21:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:21:05","slug":"where-the-beauty-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/uncategorized\/where-the-beauty-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the beauty lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where the Beauty Lives\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T_y9sXX2Jlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I take photographs almost every day. I walk every day for health reasons, but find walking boring. Combining it with taking pictures keeps me motivated. As I learn more about photography, I learn to take better pictures. The key is slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>I take photographs of everyday things, mostly of nature. I like taking pictures of flowers because they don\u2019t move much. One of the benefits of taking nature pictures is that I have visited many of the local nature preserves and have been able to learned a little about wildflowers and birding. I am just as happy photographing a dandelion or a sparrow as some uncommon bird.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last two years, I have had a number of health issues with my vision. When you start to lose something, it is natural to appreciate it. One way I cope with my vision issues is to engage in a visual hobby. As my vision has gotten worse, I have needed to slow down and be more intentional in my technique.<\/p>\n<p>Doing photography has taught me<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to slow down,<\/li>\n<li>to be aware of how my point of view impacts what I am seeing,<\/li>\n<li>how the lens through which I look at the world affects what I choose to look at,<\/li>\n<li>to be aware of what is going on in the background,<\/li>\n<li>the importance of focus,<\/li>\n<li>the need to avoid clutter,<\/li>\n<li>how imperfection is where the beauty lives,<\/li>\n<li>that less is more,<\/li>\n<li>the world around us is constantly changing,<\/li>\n<li>Nancy that if you look at things the right way, they look great.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For The Beauty Of The Earth from Adoration: Songs Of Worship<br \/>\nWords by Folliot S. Pierpoint<br \/>\nMusic by Conrad Kocher<br \/>\nArranged by John Leavitt<br \/>\nCopyright (c) 2000 by HAL LEONARD CORPORATION<br \/>\nInternational Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved<br \/>\nUsed by Permission of Hal Leonard Corporation<br \/>\n\u201cFor The Beauty Of The Earth,\u201d from Adoration: Songs Of Worship, Hal Leonard No. 00310642; $10.95; Available via www.musicdispatch.com or at your local music retailers nationwide<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you start to lose something, it is natural to appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,56],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-nancy-miner","tag-ralph-miner"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}