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Caleb Storms

Broken

Lately I have been thinking a great deal about how fragile the human condition actually is.  Most of us, myself included rush through life never really thinking about our bodies and how amazing it is that they function under sometime incredible situations.  The Hindu mystics will take there bodies to mind blowing extremes in order to test these limits and overcome any fear they may invoke.  This all leads me to the conclusion that a certain amount of time in our own personal desert can help us to gain a greater understanding of the awesome gift life is and how fragile it certainly can be.

The image above I took under an overpass close to were I am living in the artsy part of Indianapolis.  Since my move here, I have been without a working computer, so the idea of someone smashing one under a bridge made me think about what people take for granted.  Most often life itself.  You here time and time again about people surviving cancer or coming back from a near death experience only to gain this new insight about how important life is.  

The photo-monk project has always had this idea as its foundation.  Originally I was going to go to Africa, then walk across the country, then what I hoped would be a humanitarian effort with my brother.  None of these things have worked out, yet the project remained.  It remained because at its heart was understanding that every moment was important,  Through the capturing of that moment we could teach the idea of mindfulness and Zen.  The idea was that by showing a meditative perspective of one moment could provoke thought about each moment.

As I write this my own thoughts are scattered, my own life is in pieces, yet one thing is clear.  The Photo-Monk, and his ideas seem very intact.  When I take on that role, begin walking in meditation taking my pictures.  All is perfect, each moment complete, each smile radiant.  So as long as this is true this site, this project will remain, the work will go on. each moment will be celebrated.  

I encourage everyone to grab a camera, big or small, cheap or expensive, film or digital.  Go and walk and capture a moment in time.  The image may be better or worse than you had hoped, but importance is while looking for the moment you will find it.

The Photo-Monk

Caleb