Life: This is a protest in Palo Alto.(week 16,111/365,jreyes)

Life: This is a protest in Palo Alto.(week 16,111/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I am not too sure what the protest was about. But it was good to see people wanting change via protesting and causing people in power (the man) to be afraid of the working folk trying to make a living in our current American times. What people don't understand is that you have to be willing to protest, stand up for yourself, and fight for everything. Because people in power don't want to give anything to normal working folk. It is during these times when systems change for the good of all people. Anyways, it is good to see protests, even in Palo Alto (or rather... Shallow Alto) because it is the center of Silicon Valley power, money, and influence.

Life: This is an electric bass guitar.(week 16,110/365,jreyes)

Life: This is an electric bass guitar.(week 16,110/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I practiced bass with my friend Minho. It feels good to play bass. I haven't played bass for worship in over a year. I have been playing my classical guitar more often than my bass. It is a pretty simple 1 pickup Ibanez bass guitar. Anyways, I miss playing bass. I am very much a beginner. The people I play with are very good musicians and they are always gracious and patient when I play with them. I am playing bass this Easter Sunday. So there is something about playing in front of a crowd. And there is something more when you play songs about God and in front of a crowd. Something about leading people to edify God. I can't explain it, you have to experience playing songs for God in front of people. It is not just singing and playing notes. It's something more than the songs and notes, because ultimately it is all about God and He's always has good in mind.

Baylight Church

Life: This is salmon on top of a salad.(week 16,109/365,jreyes)

Life: This is salmon on top of a salad.(week 16,109/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I am trying to cook more dinners for myself, instead of going out to eat. This is pretty easy. Just baked salmon with salt, pepper, and a slice of lemon on top. Then for salad, just spring mix, tomatoes, and lemon juice. It was a very delicious meal. That took about 25 minutes from start to finish.

Life: These are trees by my apartment.(week 16,108/365,jreyes)

Life: These are trees by my apartment.(week 16,108/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I like this shot because it looks like black and white, but it was just the sun and the background making it look like a black and white photo.

Life: These are purple flowers.(week 16,107/365,jreyes)

Life: These are purple flowers.(week 16,107/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

These are flowers around my sister's house. I was house sitting and retrieving their mail and I was able to take these flowers. Wow I can't believe I have done 107 days of taking photos. I don't know if I have life, light, or love in my photos, but I try as an ideal to incorporate these abstract concepts behind the photos I take. I love this project, because it is basically for me and not for anyone else. It is a challenge of a creative discipline to try to capture moments in one's life. Thank you to all who have commented, supported, and favorited pictures on my project 365. It is really nice to get feedback from other Flickr photographers who are doing project 365, because it is very supportive and you feel connected because well you are doing the same thing everyday. I don't know there's community in this exercise.

Life: This is palm sunday at the Santa Clara Mission Church.(week 16,106/365,jreyes)

Life: This is palm sunday at the Santa Clara Mission Church.(week 16,106/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I like going to the Sunday night mass @ SCU. I always feel energized when I attend, because it is a young student crowd. All their worries in life are papers, tests, finals, and parties. What is amazing to me is young people always look young. They dress young, think young, are young, act young, and perhaps also naive. But what it also reminds me that their faith is also young and maturing. A lot of kids @ SCU grew up in the Catholic tradition, and it is great to see their hearts on fire. Some students were blessed by the priest for their upcoming service trips instead of doing the traditional spring break of debauchery, destruction, and drunk centric parties. What is trippin' me out is an interesting question: When do you know when your faith is mature? Is it measurable? Is it done with deeds? Is it prayer? Or does mature faith ebb and flow like a sinusoidal curve?

Love: Peace song (week 11,74/365,shinsato)

Love: Peace song (week 11,74/365,shinsato)
Originally uploaded by hajush

Amy Martin is a local Missoula musician who has written and performed some wonderful peace songs. Here she sang her ballad, Home Uninjured, about an accident in Iraq where some young American soldiers mistook a piece of wood for a gun and shot a three year old baby in a truck on the road. Her lyrics followed the hardship of both the young American soldiers as well as the Iraqi parents and family. After her song she introduced a young Montana who heard her song one year ago and broke down in tears because he related to it so deeply. This young man of 23 years who recently returned from Iraq and reported having been in a similar incident though not as severe where he accidentally shot a car that was full of Iraqi's going to work. He had been to Bible camp before the war, and though he had been excited to be in the military, the 2003 Iraq invasion did not seem right to him. After he was deployed to Iraq, that sense was confirmed, and he was very glad when he finally was sent home. This peace rally was held at Missoula's Caras Park, organized by the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Amy's song gets me every time, and she has generously put the MP3 up on her website for free.