"What is photography?" pondered Patrick, whose photo of wet leaves on pavement (featured right) sparked a rich conversation about rain during a recent Poetry class.  "For me, it is a form of healing meditation.  Instead of focusing on sometimes crazy and often negative things that happen to me, I clear my mind by my constant observations of the things around me.  I look for things to photograph and it relaxes me and lets me forget troubling things."

To see more of Patrick’s beautiful photographs, visit his Instagram account.