Seeking to be free

"Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free."

Leonard Cohen, Bird on the Wire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qvW63z1uzg&feature=related 

I was in Hamilton this weekend to celebrate my good friend Bill MacKinnon's 60th birthday.  We met in 1985 at Emmanuel College.  We've gone through various metamorphosis in the past 27 years.  

Family and friends joined us to celebrate Bill's birthday.  John Asling, another good friend of Bill and me, flew in from London, England to be part of the celebration. 

I once read that "Good friends are like stars.  You don't always see them, but you know they are always there."  I know Bill and John have been two of those stars in my life.

I was thinking about friendship - a relationship that is integral in being human - and other words that describe experiences of being one with Sacred Beauty as I was taking photos on that day.  I have experienced that good friends support you to be free to become who you are meant to be.

Here are the images I want to share as I celebrate my friendship with Bill and John.