Prior to pursuing a career in medicine I was a philosophy and religion major. My days were blissfully spent contemplating and discussing our existence and the multiple points of view philosophers wrote about it. To become a physician my life became much more focused on the objective sector of my thinking and I very much missed the subjective element that the study of Western civilization provided.
My practice as an orthopedic surgeon was fulfilling in many ways. The practice of clinical medicine with its daily judgments is both a science and art and it was the art and the interaction with patients that I enjoyed the most. Photography enables me to be expressive and subjective and even objective if I want to be.
Photography is an outlet that enables me to capture what represents for me the “soul” in life. Although objects do not inherently have a “soul” they have the ability when viewed to transfer passion and feeling.
Many of my photographs were taken on the water. I have always loved the water and I was lucky enough to have spent the better part of thirteen years living on a boat with my wonderful wife Susie. It made me feel and touch the universe around me so much more than I had previously been able to and is an irreplaceable part of my time on this earth.
Boats and photographs have the ability to transport us from the harsher realities of life to tiny places in the world, and in our minds, that make us feel so much more alive and in sync with deeper parts of our being that we know we should be in touch with more often.
William Cabot, M.D.
Contact Info:
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