Nairobi, June 2005 She refused to eat. Her forehead felt warm. She cried incessantly. Nothing alleviated her discomfort. As a sojourning foreigner, I lacked even the name of a pediatrician in Kenya, much less contact information. Even if I knew who to call, I couldn’t easily access transport. My one solace – I knew that…Read more Just to Touch the Hem
Author: Fragments of Light
Chasing the Light
It was a gorgeous, glowing afternoon in early fall. We started at the bottom of a canyon and chased the light up a mountain. When I photograph, I chase golden rays of sinking sun, but I also seek the light inside a soul. Jordan is the first stranger I've photographed. When I met her just before her session,…Read more Chasing the Light
Adventures in Rescue
“Rescue” – I’ve been thinking a lot about this word lately. It conjures up idealized, romantic, happily-ever-after mental images. But then there is the nitty-gritty, in-your-face reality of the rescue process itself. Last week our family drove an hour-and-a-half to a greyhound kennel to pick up a rescue dog to foster for a few…Read more Adventures in Rescue
Redemptive Art
I wandered for many years, searching for the space where art, social justice, and faith interweave. For decades, I felt that art and social justice were separate compartments of my life; and I could not find overlap. I painted here and there, but focused the bulk of my energy on the urgent social justice issue of…Read more Redemptive Art
Silence
There was a time in my life when I was stunned into silence. I unexpectedly received news of harm done to someone I love, two days later met the person who caused the harm face-to-face, and then several days after that received medical confirmation for my loved one of resulting lifelong disability. It was too much,…Read more Silence
The Power of An Artist – Chihuly
Lately I’ve been craving a little magic. Just a little lifting from the tedium of monitoring my children’s homework, some temporary relief from the shock of global violence. Today’s adventure soothed my soul. Entering the Denver Botanic Gardens, vivid cobalt tendrils strike the sky, like a sentinel gesturing over a new and wild land. This…Read more The Power of An Artist – Chihuly
Senior Photos
Recently I enjoyed the privilege of photographing four of my favorite young people as they mark their transition from high school into the next chapter of their lives. It brought me great joy to celebrate the unique gift that each one is to me and to the world. (You can click smaller images to view…Read more Senior Photos
Reach
I reach for you – translucent shimmering like a spider thread flung through morning light fragile tensile by sheer ache and desire you span this mighty expanse
Summer Day
As summer exhales its last breaths, I give thanks for its many gifts. Soon spontaneity will yield to regimen, a house cascading with myriad voices of four children and friends will settle into silent swaths of hours. The solitude I crave beckons. Like the wistful weary feeling at the end of a hot afternoon spent playing with…Read more Summer Day
Colleen Briggs Images & Writing 