Some people think I miss the world by viewing it through my camera lens. I disagree. Rather, through my lens I become very intimate with the world. And I capture wonderful moments as in the photo below. See also, Narrowboat in the Spring
Narrowboat in the Spring
I took these photos whilst pointing my lens out the window of a narrowboat on an English canal, first one way and then the other. (You can see the change in direction of the wake.) We’d travelled a short distance between shots, but even so the difference in colour from one direction to the other…
Dinner for one.
See also: A Community of Sufferers*
Some grey morning.
But for the use of the zoom lens, I've made no adjustments to this photo. Some mornings just are this grey. Dull, heavy, wet. I'd have missed this remarkable view had I let these things deter me from a walk.
Coup D’état. A feather mightier than stone.
NUANCE: Beyond a world of black and white. Some time required.
On aging.
Like this knocker, my hands have given so many years of service. They've been tireless and strong, standing up to water, heat, and cold. And, like this knocker, they've been taken by the hands of others.
A lullaby
*Suo Gan, a traditional Welsh lullaby. Lyrics by Robert Bryan. I copied the lyrics from the following source: Click here for a recording of Anthony Way and St. Paul's Cathedral Choir singing Suo Gan. Published on You Tube by Somewheremaybe, Nov 13, 2015, with lyrics and photo compilation. Photo, mine. See also Dinner for one. and Draw…
