Something that I actually haven’t done until kind of recently was change my phone background to Seneca, sitting and smiling, full of supreme Joy. Every time I look at it, I feel so insanely happy and proud of him, and if anything… There’s kind of this extreme sense of clarity that I get is that the purpose of my life is for the sake of him… Not my own.
I think perhaps… Before the birth of Seneca, my primary focus was true because I loved to photograph humanity and people. But now since having Seneca, 1000% of my focus, has been towards photographing him, as he is my supreme pride and glory.
I’ve also been recently volunteering at Seneca school, and somehow fell into place of becoming the school photographer, the school yearbook photographer. It’s kind of funny because nobody has any idea who I am, or my passion and skills in street photography, they just known me as Seneca’s dad, and so being able to shoot street, photography of the kids, incognito has been so fascinating.
Well, the kids are so pure. And when you’re photographing them… They’re actually not self-conscious at all. I think that’s kind of a weird thing that is socialized as the kids perhaps get older.
And then… Perhaps our pursuit of photography is, to simply photograph humanity, our kids, people in general, totally pure, unadultured, full of supreme joy!
ERIC