Julian Bialowas 365q

I re-pinned this on Pinterest the other day and the words have snagged in my mind like a burr.  I thought of it the other night when I ran 8K and remembered when I could barely run for 3 minutes at a stretch.  I thought of it as I went to my photoshop course and wondered what my next career steps were going to be.   I thought of it as I watched Will run up the steps - not awkwardly, not with the railing, not carefully placing two feet on each step, but just running.

I have since discovered that this image was created by the talented Julian Bialowas of Calgary.  A self-taught photographer and graphic designer, he started his own 365 photography project.  The difference from most other such endeavours is that he doesn't take a daily photo, but instead combines one of his own images with some powerful words to create an inspiring artwork every day.  I love that the images are mainly of the Rockies - they seem to give the words more weight.  As I look through them, I can't tell if I am drawn to the words, the image, or the combination of the two.  You can find them all on his tumblr page, or his flickr, but here are a few that I loved:

You can now purchase any of his amazing pieces for a whopping $3 (a digital image will be emailed to you to do with as you wish) here.  They sure make me want to get out to the mountains, I can only imagine what they will do to my poor (Alberta-bred/mountain-obsessed) husband...


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