Tasting Thunder

"If you ever

want your soul

to dance in the clouds,

you will at some point

have to juggle lightning

and taste thunder."

-C. Poindexter

This photo was taken on a stormy day. I went for a walk, rather optimistically, just before sunset. Half-way through I looked over the ocean and saw the stormy rain cloud. I realised then I would not make it home before the storm rolled in; I ended up walking home in the dark and rain. I then got home, and thought to myself, that was worth it. I got one of my favourite unexpected photos. T

he melancholic mood, waves and dark clouds brought some sort of serenity to my soul. The quote mentioned above captured it perfectly. Tasting thunder isa good thing. It reminds us of our hardship, our progress and reminds us of why we are want to dance in the clouds. Storms are beautiful in a sense.

This photo tells me, storms can be pretty. Storms are powerful. They are meant to be happen, and sometimes they are unexpected and unavoidable. I think, if I had just walked a little faster, if I left home a little earlier or maybe if I checked the weather I would not have encountered the storm. However, the truth is, the rain would still have come. The clouds would still have rolled over, and by walking in the storm I appreciated getting to my warm home even more. Dancing in the clouds even more. If I did not leave my home, I would never have captured this beauty.

Life can be really hard sometimes. It can seem gloomy, melancholic, and dark. With a bubbly and "dreamer" personality, I can seem unrealistic, seem ignorant or naive to these things. That simply is not the case. I have a bubbly, dreamer and "head in the clouds" personality because I am realistic. I embrace the storms, the gloomy days, the rainy moods, and I walk in them. I do not hide, cover myself or avoid them. I see the sun above the clouds and I pick myself up bit by bit to get there. Imagine if I had cropped this photo so you could not see the light above the clouds? By admiring storms and seeing them for the beauty that they are it refines me, cleanses me and gives me hope.

I wanted this photo to be grainy, to be nostalgic, and to capture the essence of the gloomy mood perfectly. I wanted to capture the blues, greys, green tones and everything cool. Something that people see and it instantly makes them feel they were there staring and hearing the ocean.

I want to juggle thunder and taste lightning. How could I dance in the joys of life without it.