Impending Peace

In the days following the November 2015 terrorist attacks on Paris, like most people, I struggled to make sense of the killings. A couple weeks later, my husband and I had a few days of respite at the shore. Looking out to sea for answers, I began to feel, in the words of William Butler Yeats, “peace comes dropping slow…” And I leaned into it. And it took hold of my heart. And the sunset became brilliant… the light on the ocean changed rapidly… and the idea for this evocative portfolio of photographs was born.

Inspired by the tranquility of the sea, I began turning a notion on its head: instead of “impending war,” what would “impending peace” feel like? Actually, it felt like this very moment, listening to the crashing waves, enveloped in beauty, finding the still point within. I picked up my camera and as I captured the light, with every shot I breathed in the beauty of the seascape and exhaled a whisper of love and peace to our fragile world and every soul… for we are all one.

My hope is that these contemplative, atmospheric images help to launch a revolution of peace, led by peace warriors the world over. If every heart finds deep peace, that—like the millions of water droplets that form an ocean wave-–will wash over our war-weary world.

My passion for photography is rooted deep in my childhood love of Nature. An explorer at heart, I have traveled the world with camera in hand, desiring to possess the fleeting images of the mystery and radiance of Nature and the profound joy and wonder that surround me every day. Somewhere along the way, my images have become a meditation on film and the line where nature ends and art begins was crossed. Through my images, I hope to forever capture an ephemeral moment, and share with others what my camera sees but the eye often does not.