Words, for a change

September 7, 2008 in Life is a Verb

One of the artists in Life is a Verb, Megan Lane, collaborated with her nephew to create a beautiful illustration for the essay about giving free hugs. Megan is participating on the LIAV Blog Tour-a-palooza this month and her post about Life is a Verb appears today on her photo blog, A Month of Todays.

In it, she describes the process of her involvement in Life is a Verb:

"On page 129 you’ll find the collage I built around a photo taken by my nephew, Mat Wojcik. He captured that amazing thing that passes over someone’s face in the midst of a hearty hug. Featured in his photo are my sister and his brother. What a treat to work together with him on this and a double treat for us both to have it published."

I love the absolute visual feast on Megan’s photo blog, her capture of what she sees as she makes her way through the world, the curvy grate that catches the stone, those hats and two strings and red ribbon.

Today, pay attention to the world in the way Megan does. Photograph the colors of your world, the shapes and sense of it.

The best news of all? Megan will be at my very first Life is a Verb reading, in Seattle, this Wednesday night. I hope she’ll bring her camera and capture the colors of that evening. I’ll be bringing a wee, handmade gift for her.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.