Would you rather…

Been gone awhile…I’ve had a lot going on around here and a lot of nothing at the same time, pure disorganization really.

Do you remember that childhood/party game we all used to play "Would you rather?"  Okay, I admit I still play it.  Basically it is a take on The Book Of Questions–a household necessity in my opinion.  Given the choice of two not-so-desirable options which would you choose and why?  A G-rated example:  If you had to choose one or the other, Would You Rather eat nothing but bananas for the rest of your life or have a full diet but be required to eat (insert disgusting protein here—giant banana slug—) once a day for a year?

You get the idea.

One of my favorites from childhood was: If you had to choose one or the other, Would You Rather be afflicted with blindness or deafness?  If I remember correctly in my teen years I think I always chose blindness because I couldn’t bear the thought of a life devoid of music, ie.  Duran Duran, The Cure, U2, or whatever youth obsession I was currently enmeshed in.  I know over the years my answer has changed.  If I were to choose deafness I know I would miss music, but I know there are songs in my heart.  While I know I would miss the laughter and words of my children, I can see the smile in their eyes.  If I were blind I would not be able to photograph the world around me, to capture it and interpret and share what I see, the way *I* see it.  My cameras are my eyes, my filter and my scope and my voice.  You see, if I didn’t have photography in my life, not only would I be blind, I would also be mute.

And I can’t sing anyway.