"Practicing" and "Two Tramps in Mud Time"

     So we had a homework assignment this week in which we had to read "Practicing" which was about getting out of your comfort zone, and "Two Tramps in Mud Time" a poem by Robert Frost. We then had to reflect on how these two works related to each other and our individual projects.
      "Practicing" and "Two Tramps in Mud Time" are related to each other because they both stress the importance of work, whether it seems like work or not. A quote from Practicing that I really liked was "As guitarist, it's safe to say that we play a lot, but rarely do we actually practice." I really like this because it reminded me that even though I may take pictures a lot it doesn't mean that I am trying to take good pictures, I'm just pushing the shutter button. And I think that is ok sometimes but when I want to create something that makes me proud and completely content, I want to be able to do that instead of just pushing the button. To be able to do this I need to practice taking the shot to make the picture I'm happy with instead of expecting it to happen without trying.
     "Two Tramps in Mud Time", a poem by Robert Frost, also relates to my project because the main character chops wood as his avocation, two lumberjacks come out from the surrounding woods and want to chop the wood as it is their jobs. The main character refuses because he doesn't want to give up the thing he loves even though it is their need. My favorite part was:

"My object in living is to unite

My avocation and my vocation"

    I really liked this because I would definitely love to take pictures of horses as a living but I don't think that it would be enough. So I will make do with what I can get. I certainly hope to unite my avocation and vocation but maybe not as soon as I would like.