robgbob

"The Arts" (music, dance, drawing, painting, photography, writing, etc.) give a person an emotional outlet. It can help to build self-esteem. It can stabilize erratic moods. It helps children and adults get time for their minds to slow down and heal. It is a great outlet for teens with drug and alcohol problems. There ...is healing and a sense of purpose in "The Arts".

I've been photographing and videotaping life around me for over 40 years. It's really the only profession I know. Having people enjoy it or buy it or just talk about it has been all I have been after as a reward. But now, all of that  really doesn't mean much in the overall scheme of life. I have been thinking, I just want to make a difference in peoples lives, things that make them happy, their lives happier, more full, smiling where maybe there wasn't a smile before. It doesn't have to be with photography, but maybe just with words, advice, support, anything that might open someones mind to the fact that life can be better than it might be