Something to Think About

[Cassandra]

The Vacation
Once there was a man who filmed his vacation.
He went flying down the river in his boat
with his video camera to his eye, making
a moving picture of the moving river
upon which his sleek boat moved swiftly
toward the end of his vacation. He showed
his vacation to his camera, which pictured it,
preserving it forever: the river, the trees,
the sky, the light, the bow of his rushing boat
behind which he stood with his camera
preserving his vacation even as he was having it
so that after he had had it he would still
have it. It would be there. With a flick
of a switch, there it would be. But he
would not be in it. He would never be in it.
Wendell Berry

 

[L.A.M.B.]

Love it.
If we fail to enjoy what God has provided, are the provisions less joyous or only objects of memories........

 

[Pearl]

William Henry Davies​

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

 

[Traveler]

You guys have hit the nail on the head, there have been times I wish I had a camera but didn't.

For example there was a time when I saw a river of blood flowing across the sky just above tree top. It was something right out of a viking odesse.

 

[Pearl]

You guys have hit the nail on the head, there have been times I wish I had a camera but didn't.

For example there was a time when I saw a river of blood flowing across the shy just above tree top. It was something right out of a viking odesse.

I bought a camera after I lost my dog so I had a reason to go for a walk. I don't use it much these days and looking back I think looking for things to photograph may have spoiled the walks. I'ts better just to look and wonder and contemplate.