Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Carlos- Interesting point of view! Maybe there is a Zen of Photography! Dan - -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Blanco <cblanco@fibertel.com.ar> To: leica <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 10:29 PM Subject: [Leica] A japanese tale (was art, effort and so on) >One day, the grandfather told his grandchild to tide up the garden. The boy >then put all the stones arranged by size, swept the floor and trash every >yellow leaf he saw in the garden. Then he called the old man. >- no, it's not OK. I told you to tide up the garden -said the man rather >angry > >The grandchild arranged every bounch of flowers, and the garden chairs, and >the kettle and moved away an old timber that laid in one of the corners. > >When the grandfather saw him, he went to the garden, scattered the leaves >everywhere, put the timber in its original position and disarranged the >stones. > >it's a garden, my son -he said tenderly -and this is how it must be put in >order. Because garden's order is that of nature and not of man. > > >I think it's just the same with photography, don't you agree? > >carlos >