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The traveling eye 5: Holding

12/21/2014

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"The eye has to travel."
                       Diana Vreeland
The eye has to travel, 
in order to observe how best to hold the things we love,

Amy Meissner, production, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding

much the way nature does.

Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding

The eye has to travel,
in order to consider the wayward journey of things not of one's land.

Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding

Not to judge,
but to remember that there are forces more enormous, more powerful and further beyond our control than the minor acts of what are first assumed to be irresponsibility. 

And to also remember that we are all guilty of these accumulations, 
these small, yet mindless acts of discarding.

Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding

The eye has to travel, inward, in order to solve the challenge of preserving the things we love.

Amy Meissner, production, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, production, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding

Not because of some need for nostalgia. Or sentimentality.
But because these objects deserve reverence. 

Amy Meissner, production, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, production, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding

The things we find deserve to be held.
Even if for a short time.
Even if they are ugly.
Even if the task involved with some of them feels insurmountable.

Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding

Because it is through this act of holding
that we learn and teach and discover
the most basic lessons of responsibility.

Amy Meissner, Prince William Sound, 2014. From the post The traveling eye 5: Holding. www.amymeissner.com/blog/the-traveling-eye-5-holding
Summer-long beach clean up, 2014. Prince William Sound, Alaska.
6 Comments
Deborah C. Stearns link
12/21/2014 08:54:27 pm

What a beautiful sentiment.

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Mo Crow link
12/22/2014 12:40:44 am

such a beautiful honouring

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L. Beatty
12/22/2014 03:44:10 am

You've made my Christmas much more meaningful. Your children are being raised the way all children should be. Thanks for your help in preserving the shores for all of us. God bless you & yours.

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Amy Meissner link
12/25/2014 11:21:11 pm

Thank you all for your kind words about our family's summer "work." Someone recently asked if we get paid to do this...no. It is a passion. Hearing my 2 children seriously discuss what to purchase this winter based on the "the packaging that could hurt the sea animals" is payment enough.
XO Amy

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velma link
12/26/2014 08:28:03 am

i happened over here, by chance, and wow. this post is well, stunning, and quite beautiful.

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Amy Meissner link
12/26/2014 09:57:07 am

Velma--I'm thrilled you wandered over to my site. Thank you for your kind words and I really hope you'll wander back soon! XO Amy

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