Inspiration, Beauty, and Joy On April 7, 2013 I began a project. I don’t consider myself an artist really, yet this felt like art, performance art of a sort. The idea came to me one afternoon. I wanted to see through other people’s eyes. To narrow the focus, I wanted to see inspiration, beauty, and joy as other people saw it. My method: cameras. I hopped on Freecycle and within a few hours I had two working digital cameras that I was not afraid to abuse. A trip to Home Depot and we brought home long, thin wire and small metal ferrules (crimps) to secure them. 2 pieces of paper, some watercolor paints, plastic covers and voila – I was ready to go. My system: leave cameras out in the open with a provocation for people to use them. Do not interact – leave the subjects on their own to explore. Then sit back and wait. And wait. It turns out not everyone is a person who stops (see previous blog posting “A Person Who Stops”). This has been my bigge