Divining a clear sightline or, my life metamorphosis

Today marks a new day for me. Forty years after having graduated from photography school, I am once again a photographer by profession, and an aspiring writer too! What took me so long? Well, life happened I guess. In the intervening years, I built a successful career in technology, married a wonderful woman, raised and continue to be a force in a family of four boys – two of which, now young men, making their own ways in the world. Also, recently I have the pleasure of welcoming a wonderful daughter-in-law into the family.

Why now?

Why now, at this stage in life, would I undertake something so transformative you might ask? My simplest answer, though evasive I know, is to turn it around asking, “Why not?” Another answer might be just that there are some things in life for which we have no choice but to embrace. The dictionary, defines the word “sightline” as, “a hypothetical line from someone’s eye to what is seen (used especially with reference to good or bad visibility).” The reality is, visibility in my life’s sightline had become blurred. I could either continue on, ignoring the symptoms, or make adjustments. I am leaning into the latter.

Join me!

I am excited about my ongoing metamorphosis and I hope you will join me in my journey. You can sign-up to read the Sightline newsletter, browse www.kenwulf.com and follow along in social media. I will make the best effort to be engaging with my thoughts, words, and images.

Yesterday and today

It is comforting for me to know that on the inside, it is still me, while at the same time, being able to look forward clearly, and with confidence to all the possibilities. I like to think of it this way: yesterday I was a sword fern, today I am on the path to becoming a Scotch broom. Being two very different specimens, it might seem an unlikely pairing for an analogy of my own making, but there have always been these two very different parts of me, one analytic, and the other equally creative. While spending most my life in service to one master, the other waited patiently for a turn. Both parts of me now look forward with anticipation to the promise of something completely different altogether!