Marifran Korb Speaks on the Contribution the Through and From The Lens Telecourses
Have Made In Her Life
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I am Sheila Finkelstein, Artist, Photographer, Coach and Creator/Facilitator of the Through and From The Lens Telecourse.
I was humbled by Marifran's speaking and thrilled to experience through her words the contribution the course has made to her life.
If you are moved to want some of what she now has, please check out the course information on Through and From The Lens telecourse (TFTL)
The next course starts Tuesday, March 15, for those who want evening and Wednesday, March 16, for morning (in the U.S.)
Marifran Korb, Relationship Coach, Author and former participant in Through and From The Lens courses, talks about her life has changed after experiencing the course and seeing the world with new eyes: Beauty in Her World - found from participating in Through and From The Lens
The Beauty in Marifran's World now seen after participating in Through and From The Lens
When I came into your course I was looking for what was beautiful and appealed to me immediately, bright colors and more. Then when I looked at your pictures and I saw that there was beauty in things that I wouldn’t notice. And so from your example I now see things on a deeper level because I have a more profound view of life and what’s beautiful in it.
And to find these gems that would seem ordinary to somebody, actually to me, before I was in your course. So I am deeply grateful for how you see things. And it wasn’t like you told me. It was that I could see your pictures and it was like Wow. I wouldn’t have noticed that and now I’m noticing things all the time and it brings great joy to me to see that.
I am photographing lots and lots of things that I never would have photographed before. But even if I don’t have the camera with me. I’m seeing these things… The shadows on the snow, the design, where it’s swirling, the effect of the lights and the shadows. It makes my life richer to notice that. And the more I notice the better I like it. And I don’t have to look far to find something that moves me.
My orientation was "you just take pictures." Everybody lines up for pictures at Christmas. You just take pictures of groups of people or maybe of someone you haven’t seen for a while before they leave. But I never took pictures because something was beautiful.
That was really missing in my life. You turned me on to that and so the more I wanted to take pictures, the more I saw things. And the more I saw things, the more I saw other things.
I’m now taking pictures in my head in every moment. I enjoy a tree and just the structure of it. Before it was only if it had a lot of leaves or they were colorful leaves. Now I can see the veins in the trees, the knots in the trees and where each one is so unique where the branches go. Everyone is wonderful and I get really turned on to life from the visuals I appreciate. And I wouldn’t have appreciated it without your course.
I appreciate how you see and you help me see. You can take a picture of mud on the ground and there’s something in it that’s beautiful in its own way and you allowed me to see that.
I want everyone to experience what you can show and open up for participants.
Camera as a Tool For Being In Charge Of One's Life:
After the course- I now use the camera a lot, whereas I never used it before and I take pictures of unusual things and usual things in a different way. Instead of standing back and doing one big picture (and I do some of that) I also find where the angles are and like a portion of it like I was looking through a very small frame. I really learned that in your class. Just a little slice of something makes it totally different. Honing in on one thing and seeing what it’s near, and what’s behind it and what’s around it, is a whole new way of seeing things.
I see things in a unique way that I couldn’t have seen before. I’ll do some of the exercises you shared with us deciding one day I’m going to look for a certain type of thing.
It gets me more excited. Makes things stand out for me. I get to see more of that item or color than I would have otherwise. Every time I see what I programmed it gets me excited. It really makes life more fun.
I use the camera for being more at peace with myself and my world. When I use the camera I feel like I’m in charge and sometimes in life you’re not. With the camera you’re choosing what you’re looking for or you are in charge of what you see, for the most part, and how you see it. You then take the picture that goes with what occurs in the theme.
In life, emotionally, it helps me realize that a lot of time what might be bothering me is in the way I’m looking at it. But there are other ways of looking at it. It’s like taking a picture of something that’s there looks differently from different angles.
In reference to relationships - By taking the pictures that I take that are often unique to me, people enjoy those pictures. They get to know me a little better by seeing what I’m seeing.
After a vacation trip with my daughter, we were surprised and pleased when looking back at pictures we took. My daughter generally took one large scene and I took many photos of the same scene, picking up more of the details. In the past I, also, would have taken the larger view only. My daughter was very impressed. It will be interesting to see if hers are different on the next trip.
I’ve learned so much from you. I don’t know that I can put it into words.
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You can learn about some of Marifran's important work on her blogs:
www.MarifranKorb.com and www.MentallyIllParents.com
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