Dawn at Dawn: Sunrise Reflections
From 2018 to 2022, I lived in Syracuse, Indiana and took pictures of Lake Wawasee sunrises nearly every morning and posted them to Facebook, an almost-daily ritual at my friends’ request. Only later did I come to call what I was doing Dawn at Dawn: Sunrise Reflections.
Most mornings I posted the pictures with time and temperature to my private profile, but some mornings when my writerly self got drawn into deeper reflection, I also posted written reflections to my public Facebook page and Instagram.
“Dawn at Dawn”
Born at sunrise and so named Dawn, I have been a morning person my whole life. Even on weekends I rise with the sun, ready for a walk with my dog.
Somebody recently asked how I take such beautiful pictures. My answer was, “I show up.”
I don’t think of myself as a skilled photographer, just a point-and-shoot-with-my-phone kind of person, but showing up seems to matter, for I have been fortunate to witness some pretty amazing sunrises even though my pictures never come close to capturing the full sunrise experience.
Each morning as I watch the sunrise, I remind myself that the world has not ended, and this is no small thing for there have been times in my life when I thought it might. But here I am, reaching mid-century age, burning as brightly as ever.
Past posts of Dawn at Dawn: Sunrise Reflections can be found on Facebook and Instagram. One day I will turn this into a book…
Dawn Burns 