Expression is our life force. It offers an inexplicable creative energy, an unrelenting source of belief, compassion & vitality. A beautiful function of both intention & imagination. The heartfelt expression of a magic moment throws us into a new world, like a radiant sunbeam. But, some things are hard to write about. We feel a huge gulf between impression & expression. There are hundreds of different ways to say one thing & some things just cannot be expressed in words. Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between their inner vision or emotion & its ultimate expression. This chasm can never be completely bridged. But, there is only one of us in all of time & that imperfect expression is unique.
When we begin to write things down, we tend to either over dramatise or underplay it, exaggerate the wrong parts or ignore the important ones. Hence, true expression begins where speech ends. Happiness is a part of who we are & what we express brings infinite joy. “I want freedom for the full expression of my personality” – Gandhi. So, when words become unclear, I shall express with photographs. “A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense & is thereby a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety” – Ansel Adams.
