you capture – journeys

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Sometimes I find myself driving along the highway, on a normal day, just like any day, then suddenly I become captivated by an overwhelming urge to just keep on driving. To just pass right by my exit, and continue going for as long as the road takes me.
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I have a lovely life, and am blessed to have family and friends close to me. But sometimes, I still feel alone. It’s not a bad feeling; it’s not a bad, heavy, aching loneliness. It’s just a sort of melancholy. It’s the anomie of a modern life. It’s usually a brief feeling, and mostly I savor its bittersweetness until the moment passes.
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In these moments I sometimes fantasize about flying off to foreign lands, sailing across glistening oceans, or at least taking the scenic route home.
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A few brief moments of quiet in my head, before I catch back up with the train of every day life.
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It reminds me of a line from one of my favorite movies: “So take a nice picture you got in your head home with you, but don’t be fooled. We lonely here mostly too. If we lucky, maybe we got some nice pictures to take with us.” – elderly Jamaican lady, Meet Joe Black.

I’m young yet, but I have some nice pictures to take with me.

This week’s You Capture challenge was left up to us to set. Take a look at Beth’s website, I Should Be Folding Laundry, to see what paths others have taken. Click here to see the You Capture challenge: Photographer’s Choice.

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26 thoughts on “you capture – journeys”

  1. A girl after my own heart. You definitely have some beautiful pictures to take with you. When my oldest was a baby, we would be out and she’d fall asleep in the car while I was driving home. She was the one who couldn’t be moved from the car seat otherwise she wouldn’t go back to sleep. So I would take a drive about 45 minutes one direction and then turn around and head home. It was quiet and peaceful in the car and I got to see different parts surrounding where we lived in a different light. The road less traveled. Love your pictures, as always.

  3. I feel the same way. That’s why I love photography so much. It’s always a little adventure, whether I’m chasing the sunset or shooting a tiny flower. Nice photos!

  10. Thanks so much everyone. It’s nice knowing I’m not the only one who gets this way sometimes. So we are not alone, even in our aloneness…if that makes sense.

  11. What a beautiful post! You put into words what is difficult to capture in words…and then you captured that feeling in photographs as well!

  15. What lovely captures, and lovely sentiments to go along with them. I totally agree with you-it’s a passing feeling, but it’s often very strong. I, too, have a wonderful life, but I often wonder what may be around the corner, past my street, across this land.

  16. I’m so glad I stopped by and checked out your photos. They are beautiful. My boys are obsessed with trains and I can’t wait to share these shots with them.