When I am at the beach, the big thing are, of course, the ocean waves and sometimes what appear to be monolithic rocks. Even the gulls, when they are gathered together seem big; but small things impress me also. These are a few from Sunday.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Small Things
[I had written this blog before the tragic shootings in Fort Hood, Texas but wanted to say that my sympathies are with those wounded, murdered and their families. It was a horrible tragedy, really beyond imagining, that as so often seems to make no sense to most of us. I think though that small things in life are what have to mean the most. Life, which can end so abruptly, is about the little moments and appreciating them all. This post does fit that feeling.]
When I am at the beach, the big thing are, of course, the ocean waves and sometimes what appear to be monolithic rocks. Even the gulls, when they are gathered together seem big; but small things impress me also. These are a few from Sunday.
When I am at the beach, the big thing are, of course, the ocean waves and sometimes what appear to be monolithic rocks. Even the gulls, when they are gathered together seem big; but small things impress me also. These are a few from Sunday.
I think your photos are spectacular. And very comforting during this time of national tragedy. I feel guilty, however, of a part of me saying that my fears were justified. When we first went to war in Afghanistan shortly after 911, I took to heart an article in the University of California Monthly by a professor of Middle Eastern Studies. He said that war was counterproductive and would only create more terrorists abroad and at home. My prayer, in addition to the ones for the families of the victims, is that we will come to our senses and see that war is not the answer.
ReplyDeleteThere are studies on how to conduct conflict resolution. And one area that is most compelling is finding common grounds. One way to find common grounds is through the arts. Photography is one of the arts. The "Small Things" are something we should look at and encourage in times like ours.
It is good to see the small things, especially when the big things can really overwhelm our senses.
ReplyDeleteVery nice pics Rain !
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's the smallest things that have the most importance in our lives. A wedding ring, a treasured brooch from the past, a violet blossom, a tear of happiness.
ReplyDeleteThe tragedy at Ft. Hood is just another example of the futility of the two wars we are fighting. Parapluie is so right.
Beautiful images....the micro vision brings peace to the chaos of the current grief.
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures of Fascinating things of nature! The smallest things of nature are the true miracles of life.
ReplyDeleteWhat is happening with these killings is so terribly terribly sad amd frightening too.
War is NOT the answer and never really has been. I know there have been some unavoidable Wars....but these two that seem to go on endlessly...Well, they can only breed more anger and violence. Parapluie is quite right!
The only common ground that you can find with radical Muslims is for you to be dead. They believe that all infidels should die. So if you do not want to fight them, your only other choice is to be slaughtered by them. If they were a nation that had some logical reason for fighting, then maybe we could negotiate a peace, but these people are crazy and will never negotiate. This is not like the Arab-Israeli conflict where they are fighting over land and economic resources. Our only choice is to destroy them. Or continue to be picked off a few at a time until they are capable of a massive attack and kill of millions of us at a time.
ReplyDeleteAnd this attack shows just how much damage one terrorist can do. Just think how many people the guys that wanted to attack Fort Dix could have done. But at the time they were downplayed as just a few guys with rifles, they couldn't really do much damage to an army base right? Well tell that to the families of the 43 people shot by this whack job at Ft. Hood.
Very nice.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it seems that our world is becoming crazier all the time. And the guy who did this is a psychiatrist!