Chicago

          One never knows what God has in-store for them until one commits to saying yes to the messages from within. After arriving in Chicago April of 2006 where I thought I was going too to attend Second City, a comedy school where one might get a chance to be cast on Saturday Night Live. I discovered there was another another plan that I could only say yes to.

    A new passion awakened from the depths of my being. Mornings arrived with little sleep. Yet I awoke with a spirit filled

excitement as this new passion profoundly filled every cell of my being with ecstatic joy.   

          I had picked a red tulip to watch it open in the morning as part of my meditation. When looking deep inside the tulip after it opened, I thought of my ex-partner. She loved taking close-up pictures of flowers and I really liked her images. At that moment I was guided to get my video camera that I purchased to film myself being funny. That's why I was headed to Second City. I was sure I had what it took to hit the big time. 

          In the morning I patiently watched the tulip open and noticed the light was turning the deep black inside of the tulip to blue. Not being a photographer, and knowing little about the workings of the video camera, which had still photo capabilities, I began to shoot. I was grateful that I figured out that it must be set on camera mode for still photos. 

        I took several pictures of the tulip. A few days later I went to Lake Michigan to take a picture of the sunrise. On the way to the lake there was a garden of tulips that caught my attention. I knew nothing of what this camera feature could do on the video camera, I just kept shooting because what I saw through the view finder was quite beautiful. Soon, there before me at the photo lab, I stood speechless while looking at the results of my amateur photoshoot. The images were beautiful. Second City was no longer important, I quit. 

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