All is ready for the Celebrations of Champions banquet tomorrow – the batteries are charged and the gear is packed. This is one of the key events in our relationship with Vikes as their official photographers, so I will be missing a kendo practice to attend it. It is so easy to start regretting that when you decide to do something, you automatically decide not to do something else. I have to remind myself that there is a fine line between simply being disciplined about attending keiko and doing so consciously (as opposed to the “autopilot mode” of simply following a habit). I wonder: was Miamoto Musashi a bit conflicted about not practicing kendo while he was doing his wood carving, sumo-e painting, etc.? Or was it all budo to him? Tomorrow, I choose to practice my photography.
My thoughts on the craft, the process and the subjects