Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Mark snip - > > i believe, perhaps incorrectly, that at any point in time and space a > truly great artist can look about themselves and "see" art. the decision > whether to capture and offer that vision to others becomes the critical > event. in other words, we are surrounded by the potential for "great art" > *constantly*. Last night, I finished reading an old book by C.S. Lewis called "The Four Loves". Maybe I'm giving away the ending, but on the last page was a quote that supports beautifully what Mark said: "If we cannot 'practice the presence of God,' it is something to practice the absence of God, to become increasingly aware of our unawareness till we feel like men who should stand beside a great cataract and hear no noise, or like a man in a story who looks in a mirror and finds no face there, or a man in a dream who stretches out his hand to visible objects and gets no sensation of touch. To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep." When I am carrying a camera, a tiny bit of my "unawareness" disappears. Occasionally, I actually begin to see. And when any photographer can capture the moment of sight on film, that is indeed a small miracle. That kind of image can shine in its clarity, even on a web site. So I am always shouting most loudly at myself when I say, WAKE UP! Gary Todoroff