Day 2 in Halifax is over, I just woke up and started to write. I didn’t do any photography yesterday but instead decided to hang out with friends and go skateboarding. Going through the back streets while speeding past people and cars while doing whatever tricks I can just feels so liberating. I had a lot of good conversations with my friend Julian, we talked about how extreme sports (rollerblading for him and skateboarding for me) gave us a sense of heightened awareness and through this awareness we both feel as though experiencing life is simply improved. I’ve heard about some people calling this the “flow state” and I think that’s a good way to put it. I sometimes feel something similar when I’m photographing except the feeling isn’t quite the same, the flow state doesn’t come from physical activity and physical dexterity in controlling the board, it comes from controlling my camera and it’s more of a spiritual bliss.
