Lord, are my days with wildlife numbered? Over?
Why would you say that? Or think that?
Because You said not to do natural history.
Whoa, wait, stop. I asked you to choose what kind of impact you want your work to have, and you chose the most spiritual impact. What makes you think wildlife isn’t a huge part of that?
It is? I mean, is it? Can it be?
Why not?
I don’t know, I thought I just needed these dreamy landscapes.
Serenity is important. Calm, quiet, peaceful is important. But not as ends in themselves, as a condition in which Connection happens.
Everyone else does wildlife primarily for natural history. For life-list bird sightings. For documenting behavior, nesting, feeding, breeding, whatever. You started there but you’ve moved beyond natural history. Natural history became a bridge, to the New Country.
You mean Eve’s Eden, the way I envision, the way I imagine? How can the images I make be different enough?
They already are. They already are because you say “please”—you say, “thank you”—you say, “I love you”, and you mean it. You’ve taught others this, but increasingly your work will have a sensitivity and connection others lack. You can’t help it; it is who you are and it is your destiny.
So…I am not wrong to long for impact?
Is a candle wrong for wanting to blaze, for wanting someone to come and light its wick? You were made to embrace the natural world, and bridge to Me.