Vantage point #1, St. John's Church, Old Acre, Israel, September 2008, Nikon D40 with 18-200mm VR lens, Focal length 90mm, Exposure 1/800 sec @ f7.1, ISO 200, exposure bias -4/3 stop, no flash, circular polarizing filter © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge]So how is your vantage point? Do you have a good place from which to view your surroundings?
You know, that which you see and how you see it is very much affected by where you sit. By how you were raised. By your parents ... your friends ... your culture. By your own attitudes and perspective.
For example, you might see the photo above and think -- well the sun is surely setting upon that religion. Simply a shadow of what it once was.
Or you could change your vantage point, and then you would have the view below. Maybe now it looks like the sun is rising and brightly illuminating that profound belief.
Vantage point #2, St. John's Church, Old Acre, Israel, September 2008, Nikon D40 with 18-200mm VR lens, Focal length 50mm, Exposure 1/250 sec @ f8.0, ISO 200, exposure bias -4/3 stop, no flash, circular polarizing filter © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge]Either way, it's all in how you look at it. And what meaning you ascribe to it. Be careful of ascribing judgment. For it is probably just based upon your vantage point, which can very easily change, if you are willing to move around a bit.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
-- Socrates
2 comments:
I love the colors in the second photo.
Your words about judgment and point of view remind me of the Zen story of "maybe". Perhaps you already know it, but here it is...
http://www.renegadezen.com/zen-stories/maybe
I'm glad to see your photos and words again.
Hi Pat.
Good to be seen, as the saying goes ;-) 'Course somewhat loses it's meaning here in the blogosphere. Our words are like that sometimes. Or all the time.
Yes, I had seen a version of that Zen story -- it is very wise. I find it amazing the kind of insight that 5000 years of civilization can bring; though I was hoping that we in the West could get something of a 'leg up'. ;-)
I also popped something up over at Just Un-Do It, in case you are keeping score. Trying to get my grades up, doncha know ;-) Hate going into the Final having to make up for my laziness all semester.
Thanks for the visit. Hopefully I've stockpiled a few photos. No storing words, I'm afraid. Either the flow is there, or it isn't. Or rather the flow is always there, and either you are drinking from it, or you are going thirsty ;-)
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