This is my take on the photo exercise suggested by Gary Barkalow. This is a way to better understand yourself and what you are attracted to. Knowing these things will help give you insight into your heart’s calling.
The Exercise:
Glance through a series of stock photos and save any that immediately grab your attention or make you take a second look. Next, go through and look for any themes or correlation between the photos.
Here’s the easiest way to do this:
- Create a new folder on your desktop.
- View millions of stock photos here.
- Right-click on the photos that grab your attention and click “save image as” selecting the folder you just created.
- Spend as much time as you like looking though pictures. I recommend 30 minutes.
- Next, go to that folder and review the photos looking for common themes. Do the photos include people or things? Do they include lots of color or little? Do they include action or tranquility? What emotions do they evoke?
These are the pictures that immediately grabbed my attention:
Themes that I noticed in my photos:
- grandeur
- solitude
- adventure
- bold contrasting colors
If you missed Claudia’s photo exercise, you can view it here.
Question: Have you ever thought about what photographs you are attracted to and why? I would love to see your slideshow. Post a link to your video in the comments.
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I love this!!! Exercises like this can be so insightful to who we are. I find that at times taking time to look inward gets me so much farther then activities that are ‘productive’.
I agree, Char. That seems to be hard for us Good folks. 🙂