a lil inspiration

So I fell in love with a photographer at fest, name is Ian Van Straaten, a professional guy who does celestrial earthscapes.
His work is an absolute inspiration. a quiet beauty.
His exhibition at fest was called "Karoo Nights" and was presented beautifully. I for one fell in love with one photo especially. It was being sold for R1000, the foreground was a helicopter landing spot amongst the depths of bushes and greenery, the far distance was a high way an a huge flash of light, which, when I asked him, was a truck with bright lights traveling. The sky was clear, black with thousands of stars lighting up the sacredness. to me this was the most beautiful thing I had seen for a very long time. I stood there feeling as if I was standing on that helicopter landing pad. feeling lifted by the stars...
I usually feel as if the night sky is falling on to me, covering me with all it's delights, but in this picture, I was there I was smaller than the stars, I was falling into them.

Under the Photograph stood this quote, "To be a star you must shine your own light and follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest."

I unfortunately did not have the money on me to buy this specific print, But I did take his card.

Sometimes you just love something so much, and it doesn't matter if you have it or not, it just makes a difference to your soul knowing it is there, knowing you can have it and knowing the impact and the inspiration of it's subtle presence.


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