Seeing Differently

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

MARCEL PROUST

Wild Passionflower

intricate blossom -

varied violets, pale greens

sweet passion of bees

I’ve been experimenting with different perspectives - closer shots; partial shots -

Looking at the way light plays over surfaces,

crouching and shooting through the hedges…

using ordinary objects as frames

shooting through fences

and low shots over tracks in the sand

seeing how water from a sprinkler paints a muddy pavement

Taking a portrait of an onion that started to sprout,

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I have a challenge for you! I’ve been playing with perspective all month - on and off- sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t; but it always makes me see things differently; and it’s fun. So, my challenge is this: take a picture of something ordinary. Your toaster, your coffee maker, some tracks in the snow, a shadow that falls on your wall… anything; but take it in an unusual way. Then, if you like it - share it with me! I will post a gallery of the images in a future blog! Send them to rhodatude@gmail.com and make sure to include a little description of what it is and how you took the picture.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

And here’s a little moment of zen. Hope you have a wonderful week. Thank you for being here.

A Moment of Connection

This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly.

Rainer Maria Rilke

A yellow breasted bird,

smaller than my hand,

sat outside my door,

unmoving, on the hot cement.

I sat with him -

close enough

to see his tiny brown eyes,

close enough

to see his chest rise

and fall.

How long we sat

I couldn’t say,

So long I began to worry

that he was hurt-

I got up to see -

and he flew away.

Sunday, February 12, 2023. Northern Parula sitting in the sun on our balcony.

The Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

LIN YUTANG

a week of minimalist photography and few words …

Red flowers after the rain,

A collection of seashells

arranged.

A bouquet of sunflowers discarded,

then immersed.

Tracks made in sand

as the snow moon set.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Albert Einstein