When The Universe Whispers...You Listen

I had walked out of my ofice to take a short constituional and I saw this distinguished looking gentleman in front of the International Center of Photogtraphy, http://www.icp.org/ which is adjacent to the HBO building.

Our eyes met and I asked "Can I take your picture of you holding that camera?"

"Of course..he said..but only if I can take your picture in return." I happily told him that it would be my pleasure.

After I took his picture he asked to see it. "I wanna know if you know what you're doing", he said....so I showed him

"You got a good eye kid" he said. I smiled..and blushed and thanked him.

"Whats your name kid?"

Myrna..I said

"Oh like Myrna Loy!"

I smiled., and said yes..the the girl from The Thin Man. The gentlemen said "Oh..I got a history buff here..too huh?"

"Yes....and I'm a movie nerd too", I replied.
"Say..kid..can you send me that picrure to my Facebook page?"

Sure, I said..what's your name?

"Louis...Louis Mendes. You can Google me.

So I did..and found this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mendes

and this..

http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2012/04/06/a-walk-through-nyc-with-louis-mendes-street-photographer/

and this..

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/nyregion/03polaroid.html?_r=0

So to describe Mr. Mendes as "sort of a big deal" would be an understatement.

After exchanging information..Mr. Mendes gave me a copy of my picture and off I went.

I really believe in my heart that meeting this man was no accident. Last week, after Hurricane Sandy, I finally ventured out after having been cooped up in my apartment for days due to the weather and a cold. I made sure that my new smart phone was fully charged and off I went.

Considering the amount of damage done to the rest of island of Manhattan, Harlem was left virtually untouched. The most major damage that I saw was a tree a few blocks away from me.

On a whim, I submitted the photograh to a Harlem centric blog: http://harlembespoke.blogspot.com and to my delight and surprise they used my picture for a blog post and credited me for it.

All of this to say that it's clear to me that the universe is telling me to continue taking bolder steps on a path in which I've stepped onto tenatively, thus far.

So I'll continue on the road less traveled and see what develops.

Peace.

Myrna