For the past two summers I've had the amazing opportunity to go adventure Glacier National Park. Can you believe this view is only a short 6 hour drive away from Bozeman? This photo almost didn't happen. Why? Because I was too scared to go hiking in the bear infested woods. After hearing story after story of how someone would surprise a bear with her cubs it did not sound fun at all. I was terrified when the idea was suggested. However, bear spray in hand and survival instincts driving my adrenaline, I went on this 2 mile hike.
When I finally turned the corner and saw what lie ahead my jaw dropped. Look at the return I had just received in doing something I was not comfortable with at all! I enjoyed the most rewarding ham and cheese sandwich and snapped some of my best photography.
This story reminded me of how it felt being introduced to the ZMET technique. (This technique is patented, so we did a variation) The process sounded really interesting at first. We were asked to collect a series of photos that related to life after graduating college from magazines. Simple enough. However, after collecting the pictures we were asked to describe what the represented to us. It gets emotionally deep very quickly. I went from a picture of a someone climbing stairs symbolizing " entry level" to Drake's " Started From The Bottom Now We Here" all due to having to describe sounds- with a little bit of humor. I was amazed when I received the nod of approval from not only my peers, but professor as well.
That moment defined to me that A) it is okay to not make sense sometimes and B) understanding someone's notions tied to an image, product, celebration, and anything, is incredibly difficult to understand and beautiful.
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