Make It Count

This just in from a camera club friend on the heels of losing one of his best friends:


Damn this life!
I just came out of my best friend's funeral
and going to another this Friday
It is so deeply saddening
when life so suddenly turns inside out
and flies away


I want to make sure that every one of you
who's out there photographing
or in any field of art
makes sure your art says something
has a meaning
and makes someone remember our times
in peaceful settings
and brings back the good things
that were between us


Photograph a friend
He may not be with you tomorrow
Photograph a place
that brings refreshing ideas to all who view it


Say something that is meaningful
with colors and flowers
with fields of roses
which rise to say greetings
to anyone who looks at them


Bring back from the fields of photography
images that blend with people's souls
and make them shine
There are no reasons
why you shouldn't do anything different


Bring the brighter light to places that are meaningful
and darken the places that are just going along for the ride
That is all I want to say


Make your photographs
not as a frozen moment
but a glowing segment of life to be looked at


Hosain