Sky-blue tendrils of spiderweb danging before the rich greens and yellows of an out-of-focus hedge and sun, seen as a star on the verge of igniting.

2012 was a depressing year for my creative output. Much of my time and energy was lost to full-time work and daily life, and the free time left over was fraught with fatigue or apathy. I used a calendar to track my creative endeavors, and by the end of autumn, over six months had passed where only a handful of days were spent in pursuit of writing or photography.

Having been guided by creative expression since childhood, such a lack of output made me question the validity of my creative drive and see myself as a failure.

When I found this subject, I photographed it simply to operate my camera. Strands of spiderweb caught between windowpanes, with hedges and sun in the background. I didn’t expect much, but the difference between my visualization and this otherworldly rendering helped me rediscover a lesson that had long been my muse.

The rest of 2012 wasn’t marked by lasting increases in creative output, but I carried through it knowing that magnificence is intertwined with our everyday lives, simply waiting to be recognized.

Minolta Maxxum 7
Minolta AF 70-210 f/4
Kodak Ektar – ISO 100