Came and Gone
Archive for the ‘Riding’ Category: Monday, August 10th, 2009
That’s Daisy up there… she is one of the three puppies that were born a few weeks ago at the barn I ride at. Now all three of them are gone, all to good homes. I must say I definitely like having puppies out there more than I like them moving away.
I’ve been busy lately, mostly riding and going to horse shows taking photos. Now that the last week and days have arrived before school starts back up, I’m much busier than ever. I’ve been going out to the barn to help out and ride frequently and I’ve been thinking about things I need to pack in order to go back to school. The last three weekends have involved traveling, locally and not-so-locally, for horse show photography and now I’m in that stage where I want my head to just melt out ooze at night.
Because of said desire, I’ve been watching True Blood – a show that a friend and friends of a friend have suggested and have been addicted to it. It’s bad… but at least it’s better than Twilight. I’ve also purchased three Decemberists CDs which I’ve been listening to today with great pleasure.
So as you see, the artistic progression has slowed down a little bit, but I’m still alive, still doing, and still thinking, and creating (in its own way, really). Hope that you few readers out there are having as lovely a time as I am!
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009It’s kind of funny… after I get off a horse and have the long moments to reflect, I realize just how much psychology is involved with riding. I mean, not the subject of psychology obviously, but the different ways we think when we ride and how that thinking directly effects the ride.
I was warming up a horse named Sailor yesterday before my trainer got on and was totally fine walking and jogging around. When it came to loping, I totally had the rhythm down moving in a circle to the right… but going to the left my body felt like it didn’t know what to do. How could changing directions have such a drastic on the way I ride… or at least, the way I think I ride?
Loping and getting a horse to lope amateurly (I just made up a word, yes) correct has always been hard for me, and I know that… it may not look it, or maybe it does, but I feel like I simply can’t keep myself still like I should. And keeping the horse moving right and rounding their neck and body has always been more of an insecurity with me: “I think I can make you do this?” not “I am going to make you do this.” I’m waiting for the day to come where I simply say “Damnit, I’m going to go out there and I might make mistakes, but I’m going to get this fool to lope as well as I can make him!”
Riding is definitely confidence, without a doubt, and almost all riders know this. But doing and acting are two completely different things… I think it’s about time I act and know rather than just know.
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