At a time when I was ready to abandon my website and start a new project, I met Molly. To say that she resurrected my interest in illumineering.com is only the beginning of this story. After working for several years compiling the pictures for the flash animations and building the site, I was burned out.

When I talked to Molly about illumineering, she reminded me of my puropse, "I created this song in response to several of Bill's photography flash pieces (which I actually had to view in live Type because flash wasn't working) anyhow.... I wrote it mainly about how people tend to get very worked up in things and think they have to give up all together, but that there is ALWAYS a better life ahead of us. Bill uses photography as his method of creating art to express himself now and used it as an escape when he had cancer. I wanted to show, through a song, this amazing story."

I wanted to share with the createBlog community, the outcome of an extraordinary partnership of creativity, inspiration and friendship. Thanks Molly for reminding me about the meaning of friendship and showing me what I couldn't see.

In This Together


Why are we focusing…on the…why are we focusing on the-
Why are we focusing on the things that hurt our lives?
When peace lies ahead with better times.
Focusing on the-
Why are we focusing on the things that make us cry?
When teardrops are better left inside.

Why are we tearing ourselves a-
Why are we tearing ourselves a-
Why are we tearing ourselves apart?

You have no reason to give up now.
You have no reason to give up now
You have no reason to give up now, sir.
Cause we're in this together.

[repeat]

© Molly Proffitt, 2006

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