The 100 Day Project #40

Silver Lining

Bisbee, Arizona, 2013

The 100 Day Project, Day 40

I did not set out to make a metaphor. I was driving to Bisbee, Arizona — a funky little arts town tucked into the hills near the Mexican border. Mike was driving and I, camera in hand as always, was photographing through the windows, playing with abstractions and movement

And then there it was. One perfect cloud, completely still, while everything around it blurred into motion. Power lines streaked across the frame like ruled paper. The sky rushing past. And the cloud, unbothered, just floating there.

I didn't realize what I had made until I looked at the image later. A silver lining. Literally. Accidentally. Perfectly.

This is one of my favorite things about photography — the way it occasionally gives your surprises, images with meaning and beauty beyond what you had originally intended. You just have to keep the camera pointed at the world and be ready to play.

About the 100 Day Project
A global creative challenge where thousands of artists share a piece of their practice every day for one hundred days. I’m joining creatives around the world and inviting you along. Each day, I’ll share a photograph—some recent, some from the archive, some from current work—paired with the story behind it: where I was, who I was with, and why it matters to me.