“We often use the word take to describe our relationship with photography. Our culture emphasizes taking time, taking what’s mine, taking a break. What we are endeavoring to do in this process, however, is to receive (rather than take) the gifts around us, to be present enough so that, when the photographic moment arrives, we are able to receive it fully with our whole hearts.” – from “Eyes of the Heart” by Christine Valters PaintnerTwoThreeFourFiveSixSevenEightNineTenElevenTwelveThirteenFourteenFifteen