#musing #ChronicIllness, not negative.
With starting to paint and continuing to reclaim my creative side… I decided to look back at my camera roll.
What did I notice? A distinct change after I got #LongCovid in 2022, then autoimmune disease in 2023. No landscape photos anymore. No big sky photos. No camping photos. No random day trip adventure photos of the big, west coast sky. It just stopped. Entirely.
I went back *10* years… and if I could, I would go back another 10 years and I know it would be the same. I love - actually I absolutely adore - landscape photography. It’s in my soul. Since I was little I’ve said, “Where the ocean meets the mountains” will always be home. Feels like ages ago when I could walk the forests and beaches.
Anyway, I added some images to a new references album on my phone… now, I’ll learn to paint them. I’ll remember them. I’ll breathe new life back into parts of me that have lost their joy.
Good morning friends. ☀️🌄
#MentalHealth #painting #art #reflection