Amazing Grace

This photo, taken before the pandemic in the artist district of downtown Santa Ana, is special to me. It’s near my studio, where I began learning photography at the California Center for the Digital Arts with my friend David LeNeve. This piece, once puzzling, now symbolizes my journey from blindness to clarity, just like “Amazing Grace.”

Amazing Grace

THIS PICTURE I TOOK A FEW YEARS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IN THE ARTIST DISTRICT OF DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA…RIGHT BY MY STUDIO LOCATION AND WHERE I GOT MY START IN LEARNING PHOTOGRAPHY FROM CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE DIGITAL ARTS…RUN BY MY FRIEND DAVID LeNEVE…YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT HIM AND WHAT HE HAS TO OFFER IN MY AFFILIATES SECTION!

  AT THE TIME THERE WERE A NUMBER ITEMS OF ART ON LOAN FROM SOMEWHERE THAT WERE SET IN AND AROUND THE AREA…AT THE TIME THIS ONE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION FOR A REASON UNKNOWN BUT I FELT DRAWN TO IT IN SOME WAY I JUST COULD NOT DISCERN…AFTER MY THOUGHTS ON CREATING A WEBSITE STARTED COMING TOGETHER…I REALIZED THAT MAN, LOOKING TOWARD HEAVEN, TRYING IN VAIN TO SEE ABOVE HIM, BUT COULD NOT FOR HE HAD LET HIS VISION BE BLOCKED BY AN OBJECT HE CHOOSE TO WEAR…THAT WAS ME…AND IT MAKES ME SMILE EVERY TIME I SEE IT…KNOWING I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE…JUST LIKE THE SONG! AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A MAN LIKE ME I ONCE WAS LOST BUT NOW I’M FOUND WAS BLIND BUT NOW, I SEE!!!!

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