Where Will Your Next Road Take You?

By Brooke Parker Higgins

We all take many roads in life and can recall many of those visual images. If you really pay attention, they speak to us in metaphors, and reflect what we desire and or perhaps regret. I have been taking photos since the age of five, when I got my first camera from my father, an accomplished photographer himself, a whole new world opened for me. As I took photos throughout my life I could see my life and others, through the camera lens in a different perspective. After my mother's death in 2010, I went on certain roads to help me to look back, to re-visit and to look ahead while asking some of the important questions in life. I fell in love all over again and in a new way, with taking the "image" and experiencing this creative process.
Next time you stop to examine your own journey, think about this -remember how we were told to just "follow the yellow brick road" and you would find your way back home again? I knew that if I just kept going on the roads that I choose - my own yellow brick road - that I would learn life lessons along the way and find some answers that I needed. My answers - and that is what matters. Looking back, I see that I have taken the road less traveled and even the long way around on most of these roads. That has brought me to today, to me, and that is my home. The lesson is true, I always had it, I just had to figure it out for myself too. There are so many roads in life and many of us have the luxury to take whatever road or roads we choose. Some roads are winding, some are straight; some are safe and some dangerous; and some are easy and some incredibility difficult. Some roads you can't even see the end but you have faith in the choice you made and you take it anyway. While these roads are far from easy, be sure to stay open to all of the roads you take and the turns you make in life. Don't forget to take note of the stop signs you ignore, and continue to learn each time. This will guide to your next road and lead you to your next destination in life.
I am offering some of these roads as a brief photographic essay for your own journey. I have traveled some of these roads alone and on some roads others have been along with me. There are those who I wished could have been with me but they were always there in my thoughts and in my heart along the way. I found myself again, while traveling on all of these roads, which has truly been a gift. I hope you enjoy seeing just some of these roads that I have traveled, and I wish for you some insight from each photo I took. May you rejoice in the life metaphors each one offers you.
Where will your next road take you?
Brooke Parker Higgins

"Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road."
Karen Blixen, Out of Africa

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503578395

Brooke Parker Higgins

About the Photographer and Author Ms. Brooke Parker Higgins was born and raised in Baltimore, MD until the age of 9. Her family then moved to Easton, Massachusetts, where this historical town is located just south of Boston. She is a graduate of Endicott College, receiving her Associates of Science Degree in Radio and Television. Endicott was an all-female college at the time, where she was an actress in the Endicott Players. Brooke then received her Bachelors of Arts Degree from Stonehill College, where she majored in Communication and minored in Theater Arts. After graduation, Ms. Higgins moved to Los Angeles, CA where she continues to pursue her love for the arts in the industry. She is a SAG-AFTRA Actress, Writer, Voice-Over Artist and Photographer. She is also the VP of Marketing and Public Relations for Craig S. Higgins Photography. This book is her very first publication featuring just some of her photography work. Brooke continues to reside in Los Angeles. "...You'll never see the end of the road, while you're traveling with me...." Don't Dream it's Over—Crowded House

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Copyright © 2015 by Brooke Parker Higgins. 715737

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015910488

ISBN:   Softcover     978-1-5035-7840-1

             Hardcover   978-1-5035-7841-8

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Rev. date: 09/09/2015

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Contents

Introduction

El Matador Beach, Malibu, California

Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland

Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts

Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, California

Rosenthal Malibu Estates

Lombard Street, San Francisco, California

The Parker Palm Springs.

Palm Springs, California

Downtown Los Angeles, California

Mendocino, California

Malibu, California

Dreams Resort, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Light Street, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland

Palm Springs, California

Sixth Street Bridge, Downtown, Los Angeles, California

Nauset Light, Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

L.A. Live, Downtown,

Los Angeles, California

Lake Hollywood, Hollywood, California

Me at Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Dedication

For my parents

For my mother, Suzanne—

Even though you are no longer here, I could feel your presence with me every step of the way on this long and cathartic journey.

Thank you for all the roads you took before me and for the ones you took for me. I will honor them and you as I keep