Falling in my natural element

This week, as I watch the month of October end and November begin, I felt very sure of myself. I feel more confident in my skills as a photographer and someone who can bravely proclaim, "Yes, I can do this!"

I am someone who loves the quiet. I feel I have made that fact about myself clear. I am a homebody and a bit of a tomboy. I like watching shows and movies on Netflix and I love to read and get lost in a good book. Video games are a great escape and going out to the movies is wonderful. Having the occasional drink or two and conversing with people can be awesome. In the end, I am someone who loves to be by myself, after a time, for a quick spell. So if that means, being outside by the drinks and water or inside with my pencils and paper so that I can draw, then so be it. I am a creative. I'm never going to stop being a creative. I guess I wanted you all to know that fact about me.

That isn't to say that I'm someone who hates being with people. I like to think of what Amy Schumer said in her book The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo where she said something along the lines that talking to people and being surrounded by them is her job and she'll do it, but if she doesn't take time for herself and have that alone time, she just can't function properly. I'm very much the same. Yes, I love being around people and as I've gotten older I'm less shy about approaching them (even if I still am somewhat picky when it comes to who I'll spend my time with). I like making jokes and listening to people and talking with them, but if I didn't take the time to be with myself, too, I wouldn't function properly.

So I'm glad that for the beginning of this week, October 30th, I went to take pictures at Belle Isle Park. It was a gloomy day but it gave me this inspirational hope that even if things are looking gloomy now, it'll be beautiful in the end. As this week comes to a close, November 4th (today), I still feel like everything is going to be okay. And even in the most awkward of moments, moments of doubt and angst, I'll be okay. There is always something for me to do. Something for me to capture.