Embracing the ordinary
The lies of our times Yesterday I attended a coffee morning at a lovely hotel, organised by IWAK (International Women's Association of Krakow). At all their events, they invite a photographer to document the time we spend together, drinking coffee, chatting and laughing together. It is such a lovely idea. And YET, I often find photos of myself, looking completely normal and ordinary ... by which I mean: Completely lost in the moment whilst talking/ listening, eating and drinking with abandon, laughing in unselfconscious ways. My face takes on all the various stages of animation. And I never achieve the illusive "ideal" of looking effortlessly graceful. When I saw this picture of myself, I thought: "do my eyes really look that wonky?" and "I bet my Mom would love this photograph. I look happy and she'd love to see that!" So, I went ahead and sent it to her with this message: " Yesterday we had a coffee morning with a Valentine’