Teachable

Learning never exhausts the mind. -Leonardo da Vinci 

To stop learning is to "die."  We are all students and teachers.  When we get to a point in life, when we feel we have all the answers to give others, well it is a dangerous position.  The truth is, as we say down South, "There'z more'n one way tuh skin uh rabbit."  No one knows all the different ways or even the best way.  They just know the best way for them. (By the way I never have "skinned a rabbit."  A deer, yes.)
I have learned in my short lifetime that being teachable is important. It is contingent on our attitude.  We do not have a lot of control in what life brings us, but we control our responses.  The response can make all the difference in the outcome.  
The challenge stated: I shoot or revisit 3 images a week.  
This is Quinn.  He is one of my 2 little brothers in Montana.  This was taken my first trip to Montana, over Labor Day weekend.  My host family and I met in Bannock, MT to camp.  During the tour Quinn was so focused.  He just seemed to drink in the information about the silver mining and how the town was governed back in the old days.  His expression wasn't a bored 8 yr old, it was a boy thirsty for knowledge.  His expression, stance, and demeanor made me "do a double take."  That is when this photograph was taken.  By the same token Quinn has the mind of an engineer.  He can build anything.  He is humble enough to ask for help, after he has tried to solve the problem himself.  There isn't an arrogant bone in his body. He and I have worked on projects for the last 2 summers. No matter what it entails he is always a pleasure to be around; whether he is asking me a question or answering one of mine.  You see being an humble student is as important as being an humble teacher.  Quinn has mastered both.  The 8 yr old must have taught the 25 yr old something.  Who would have thought huh?  After all, I am proud to still call myself a student of life.