Why Not

Look for what could go right.
 
Why Not is what it looks like when curiosity decides the possibility is worth the risk.
 
I made this on holiday in Merrijig, in the foothills of the Victorian Alps. I was out on the deck of the place we were staying when a kookaburra flew down and landed on the rail. I think he was looking for a snack. Kookaburras usually keep their distance, and this one wanted to know what might come from me. The rail runs along the bottom of the frame. 
He is close enough that you can see the texture of his feathers, the colours in his eye, the marbling across his beak.
 
I was thrilled, and I knew it could cost me. If my excitement got too loud, he'd be gone. So I stayed still, breathed, and tried to match his energy so he'd stay confident enough to stay close. I've thought about him since. Excitement and nerves are very close to the same feeling, only with a different attitude attached. He'd pointed his at what might be gained, not at what might go wrong. And when I look at the photograph now, I know I won't easily get that perspective on a kookaburra again.
 
Why Not is for the uncertain days when your mind is listing everything that could go wrong. It doesn't tell you it will go well. It asks you to do what he did, and look at what might be possible. There's more room in that. Look for the opportunity, the small thing worth leaning toward. Then, like him, come a little closer.