{"id":399,"date":"2011-09-07T21:28:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T03:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/creative-nudge-seize-the-moment"},"modified":"2021-04-04T00:07:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T06:07:08","slug":"creative-nudge-seize-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/creative-nudge-seize-the-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Nudge – Seize the Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday I took Sophie to the zoo<\/a>, and we both brought our cameras. I am teaching her how to capture vivid photos and the zoo is a great place<\/a> to practice looking through the lens. <\/p>\n

Every time I go to the zoo<\/a>, I have a similar feeling to the safari hunters of old… but I am hunting with a camera and not a gun. ("What animal will I capture today?") <\/p>\n

Each zoo visit<\/a> yields a completely unexpected result: I never know what will be the Animal of the Day. On each visit I always have one animal<\/a> who poses and lets me capture his or her personality. Sunday… it was the Polar Bear<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I like the idea of going somewhere for inspiration, without expectation. I sure didn't expect the Polar Bear to be the star of my expedition<\/a> this time! How many times have I gone to the zoo, hoping to photograph the Polar Bears, and they are not even visible in their large enclosure? So what a pleasant surprise as we strolled up to their big area, and this handsome fellow was perched up on the rocks in the middle, gazing out at us! <\/p>\n

So I am sending this as a sort of digital postcard to all our quilter friends down in Texas who are being affected by the drought and terrible fires. We are having a nice cool drizzly overcast day here in Boulder, and I am hoping you'll get our cool moist weather soon!<\/p>\n

I hope you saw the "Tentmakers of Cairo" video that I posted this week<\/a>, from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham England. I have also posted photos on my Facebook page<\/a> and my photo page<\/a>. We have 4 videos up from Birmingham now, and 2-3 more on the way. Thanks to Bonnie McCaffery for filming and editing these videos!<\/p>\n

I'll have arrived in Las Vegas by the time you read this – to attend Photoshop World through Friday. <\/p>\n

Today Tom is picking up our box full of scissors, needles and sewing supplies<\/a> for Somalian refugees, and today we also sent out a box of sewing supplies<\/a> and fabric to the reservation in Pine Ridge SD. Thanks to all of you who contributed to this effort! We'll have similar projects in the near future.<\/p>\n

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