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day 366 ► Rebuild my heart from the inside out, scratch the invisible itch.
day 366 ► Rebuild my heart from the inside out, scratch the invisible itch.

So, here it is.

Exactly one year in the life. Hard to believe, almost.
But only the first of many.

Not one day missed, never wanted to quit.

When I first started this project, I wasn't sure where it would go, but I made myself a promise to see it through. Somewhere along the way, I realized that I could never stop. For better or worse, it's become a central part of my life. Before I started doing this, I didn't take self-portraits much, I just didn't enjoy the process. But something this past year changed my mind. It made me understand myself better, helped my self-esteem in ways I would have thought impossible.

Frida Kahlo, when asked why she did so many self-portraits, replied:
"I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best."

My life is a desperate, imperative thing. I need to be inspired, I need to keep going, I need to never stop. I feel incomplete if I don't photograph or write as much as I possibly can. I need to remind myself of everything every day. That's goes for my photos, my poems, my relationship with God. If I let any of it slip, I could totally lose it all.

I feel like a great white shark in that way. It needs to keep moving to breathe, to survive. If it stops, it dies. Maybe that goes for us too.

...

Great White Shark

I am like the great white shark who prowls the sea
It's feed or die, swim or sink

I felt like a book club nominated novel
Bought by many, read by none, put up on the shelf
I felt like a lifeguard was sent to save me
Only to put a finger under my chin
Enough to keep my head above water
But not enough to pull me to safety

I am like the great white shark who prowls the sea
It's feed or die, swim or sink

My eyes were bloodshot fanatical
My spirit, weak and lying low
I felt for it in the shadows
Getting my body drunk on tar and gasoline
I ran full speed ahead like a roaring, rushing, screaming freight train
Like a mountain lion barrelling, bleeding down the fast lane
I was shot up, shocked full of the atmosphere
Lost in the glory of God's manifestations
My life came in beyond expectations

I am like the great white shark who prowls the sea
It's feed or die, swim or sink
Feed or die, swim or sink

...
© steve skafte

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Taken on: November 11, 2008
Sets appears in:   • a boy at his volcano ► 1    • Rumsey Cemetery    more » • Cl-rence    • original poetry    « less
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