A Lesson in "Yes"
Over the past month or so I have been working on a shoot that, yesterday, culminated in a photograph that I believe captures Dallas Theological Seminary’s relation to Dallas and to Swiss Avenue.
It took a lot of work — and not just on my part but on the part of several people at DTS and some dear, old friends. Of course, when I say old, I’m counting all fingers and toes on both of my left feet.
So, for the record, my thanks go out to Kevin Folsom, Glenn Monro, Don Regier, and Rick Rice, plus Officer Vickie and “Tom” of Dallas Theological Seminary for facilitating, cooperating, and assisting me in creating this photograph.
My old friends, Greg King, Ira Lipson, and Ric Spiegel helped me immensely in handling the details on the ground that I couldn’t. And Marty Perlman, my friend and photographic mentor, documented the shoot for the website.
My thanks go out to each of you.
The lesson in “Yes?” I’ve become a big believer in the principle that if you don’t ask, the answer is always “No.” This has never been more apparent to me than it’s been over the past month or so. After nine or ten months of dreaming about shooting the Seminary from the roof of Swiss Tower, the tallest building on Swiss Avenue and, coincidentally, directly across the street from the original campus, I approached DTS about the shoot. I asked permission, they looked at each other and back at me and said, “Okay.” Lots of discussions ensued but always with an attitude of “let’s do this.”
I’ll continue to ask the questions and though the answers, undoubtedly, will not always be “yes,” No more missed opportunities for lack of a question; I’m sure that I’ve got a lot of “yeses” in my future.
