Joe George is a local photographer known on Instagram (@pazbici) and by his website Urban Simplicity. In his profile he describes himself as a chef, photographer, writer, mystic, Interfaith Minister, cyclist, and a INFJ on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator,®.
This maybe the rarest personality type of all. People who received this indicator result from their self-report assessment are known to leave their mark on the world, “they tend to approach life with deep thoughtfulness and imagination. Their inner vision, personal values, and a quiet, principled version of humanism guide them in all things.”
Not surprisingly, Joe indicates that he sees himself, first and foremost, as a human on “Planet Earth.”
Around this time last year, he wrote in a blog post, “New Years Day always seems like a good time to start over, which has different meanings to different people; a time to re-boot (to use today’s parlance). We are one week into the new year and I feel like I need to start over (again). And that is okay, I suppose, we are able to start over each day. That is one of life’s blessings.”
In that same post, he reflected on a visit to St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans where he read a sign:
“Please Maintain An Atmosphere of Reverence.’ It’s a sign—or sentiment—that should be carried with us in our hearts through out our daily lives. It is so easy to forget and very difficult to remember.”
Joe is well known in our local photography community as someone who finds beauty in everyday life. Often his photos evoke that same atmosphere of reverence, and are typically of one lone subject, or often no person at all.
He graciously agreed to share these photos he took during the Blizzard 2022. I offer them to you for your own moment of meditative reflection. Today, I suppose, we start over, as we dig out, venture back into the world, connect in-person with loved ones, mourn those we lost, and continue to search for those who are still not found.
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