OZ-EYE PHOTOGRAPHY: 2016

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Ankara

I really need to stop these long silences on my blog. Its been a long time since my last post 4 months to be precise. Months that have seemed to fly past. The last couple of months have been nothing short of interesting, but most importantly they have been eye opening to say the least. It has shown me that life is a gift, but very rarely do we take time to enjoy it...

What is the one thing that you fear most? for me the list is endless. I could go on and on and on and on about it before I get to any conclusion. Fears in turn give birth to complexes and in turn those beget esteem issues and the list is endless. Its a downward spiral that never ends.

one of the lessons that i have learnt or I am still learning from my blogging hiatus is that we concede power to a lot of things, situations, circumstances and all the rubbish in our lives that we have no control over. But for many we concede the power of our lives and destiny to people and situations. We allow our situations to define who we are, forgetting that we were created to enjoy life and the fullness of life there in.

"We are the masters of our destiny" is what we are told but in essence we rarely take control of our lives. We allow things, circumstances, situations and peoples views and thoughts on subjects, to govern who we are and what we want. Forgetting that in the end only we know what makes us happy and that can never be prescribed or defined by any one else other than YOU.

This epiphany came to me as I was doing a fabric shoot some time. The en-vogue thing among many young upwardly mobile people now is Ankara. 10 years ago you cold not catch any young person then wearing any of that.. it was considered shady out of touch and a senior citizens dress of choice. 10 years on and nothing has changed much about the fabric. It is still the same abstract patterns and still as beautiful artsitic fabric that it has always been... Now more appreciated and sort after by my generation...

What are the unique happy patterns in your life that make you who you are? Find them, hold on to them and love you for you. Perfect loves drives away all fear... Love the unique value you add to each equation because its more than beautiful it is your unique contribution to humanity....

Secrets beyond the folds

The fabrics came in 2 by 2 hurrah hurrah...

Authentically African

Fabric for all

Care to accessorize...

Fabric tower

Whatever tickles your fancy..

Blue is color of confidence yes? no?...

High tea and some good fabric....

Fabric acquired...

Spoiled for choice

Our unique nature makes us stand out regardless

Wednesday 20 January 2016

All in and all out

It's the start of a new a year... For most of us this is when we are all about resolutions, and or the things we need to do or start doing.

It's usually an honest heartfelt sentiment at the time. I however think that we get way laid by a lot of the circumstances in our lives.

One of my weaknesses is sugar. Every year I vow to reduce my sugar intake to no avail... I am that friend who is constantly by the dessert table,has a cookie at his desk, has a bar of chocolate stashed somewhere or... You know what I mean.

Cake is just one of the evils I believe all dietitians should make an exception to the rule for. Its decadent... *Sigh*

I had the pleasure of spending some time with an exceptional baker.

Its amazing how much goes into that small treat that's a slice of cake or pie. So I watched in awe as she put in all her ingredients together and mixed them to form a batter. That then went into a baking tin and boom there it was. The beautiful treat..

So it got me thinking.Too many times we are held up in making our resolutions and forget to go all in, into what we set out to do. We forget that we are our own worst enemy and that if we went all out the results would rarely be negative and even if they were, you'd know you'd given it your best shot. So for this year go all out, its all you can do anyway.

Live life, love life start living and stop existing