When I first began taking pictures, my process was extremely reactionary. I would sense something happening with my five senses, move in, compose the image, press the shutter. As time went by, I began to recognize that in some instances I was reacting to a "feeling" or intuitive sense rather than to a particular sight or sound. Furthermore, I began to play with the idea of using my imagination to coerce various forces or factors into alignment so that I could take a photograph in a way that appealed to me. Usually it was just a matter of time before the image would take shape.
Having practiced Yoga steadily over the last several years, I've witnessed a profound transformation in how I act creatively. I'm able to perceive things that I'd missed in the past (having become more aware of the infinite possibilities of space), and am interested in expressing what I see in my mind's eye rather than what I experience in society. My visualizations are increasingly reflective of what I observe in my immediate sphere, and mind seeks out in my external surroundings what it's playing with internally. It's as if I'm designing the Universe right before my eyes by drawing from the elements around me and allowing these concepts to evolve. This symbiotic relationship is proving to me that, as Yogic philosophy clearly suggests, there is no separation between inside and outside--it's all one.
