The word desiderium came into my vocabulary after a year or two of searching for a single word to describe the feeling of loss after my mother's untimely death. A latin word meaning "an ardent longing, as for something lost". Nothing better described my heart's yearning, yet no fluxuation in its intensity occured. Definition is simply written explanation. It is not understanding, nor is it soothing in such a case. Within a photograph each of the millions of words, feelings, and senses it is worth has along with it a word as perfectly fitting as "desiderium" became to my heart's unwaivering ache.
My wish would be to provide others with images, encompassing the word and definition they are knowingly or unknowingly searching for. Each of us have a longing, an almost physical pull directing us to and fro, towards dreams or destruction, for let's face it, not all are following the positive path that someone else may have found. My mother met her demise from what I can only define as a broken heart, something which one could never fight a disease whilst bearing. With all of me, I wish to prevent any other person from suffering such a fate. If a single moment captured by me is able to define another's source of prepulsion, further inspiring them to follow a path of their dreams, my dreams will become a reality.
