So I got stung by a bee today…in the neck…and, I'm not quite sure if this is sadistic or not…but I liked it. I was actually glad it happened. And I knew it the moment that it did.
Something about it, and I'm not quite sure what it was, felt a bit cathartically cleansing to me…not in some weird spiritual sense, but more in the sense that despite the extended period of emotional numbness and madness from the events over the past few years…here's a bright little reminder that, damnit Wasim…you're still alive!! You felt that thing land, you felt it crawl around, you tried to ignore it and snap a photo, you felt it sink its stinger into your neck, you still tried to snap a few shots, thinking perhaps that that action alone can mask your emotion - your feelings - the way you've maybe therapeutically used photography so many times before - but this time…no…that bugger just stung me in the neck!! (for some reason, I couldn't help envision Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles: "Little bastard shot me in the ass!").
I jumped inside, told the host I got stung, she told me exactly what to do, talked me through it, and that was that. All I could think to myself was "You can still feel, and you can ask for help, and people will give it to you." Heck, perhaps I ought come down from the mountain more often…
Anyhow, regarding the host, was visiting with the folks over at HoneyColony.com regarding some possible work I might do with them, and after the meeting, figured I had to snap a few shots of founder/owner Maryam's backyard beehive (btw…check out her crazy movie 'Vanishing of the Bees' narrated by Ellen Page...this'll make you think twice the next time you go to swat one of the little buzzers).
And that's when it happened.
Not sure if that bee was telling me that this opportunity is something I should embrace and jump on or if it was saying stay away…but considering no harm was done, and just a few hours later the swelling is down, and here I am thankful for the experience, perhaps I'm going to run with the former. And hell, at the very least, now I know I'm not allergic...
Anyhow, despite my best efforts to get a solid shot with the Nikon, all you get is this fancy shmancy Kitcam/Snapseed one from the iPhone. Sorry…maybe next time…
In the meantime, check out what they're doing over at HoneyColony.com, some pretty sweet stuffs and words and pics and information about living healthier and happier going on…