Day Four: Forest for the trees, or the other way around

"There is ecstasy in paying attention," Anne Lamott writes in her book "Bird by Bird."

Before taking up this 30-day, 30-photos challenge, I had allowed my self-editor to take charge and diminish my sense of play, my sense of exploration, my sense of adventure. Yesterday, I jumped out of my Jeep, looked up and saw this sunburst through the trees in the East Campus neighborhood of Columbia, Mo. "Nice," I thought.

There was a brief moment where I hesitated. Yet, by picking up the camera and clicking the shutter to make one frame, I silenced the voice of my self-editor who was whispering, "Why waste your time? You're not here to make pictures. Besides, this image is cliché."

So, what? I look at it now and still say, "Nice."