story telling: new beginnings

Week 13: Story Telling: New Beginnings (Our world is full of circular patterns; as some things end, others begin. Tell us a story of a New Beginning.)

Nikon D750 f/3.2 1/4000s 40mm 100 ISO

Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.

Shocking Campaign Aims to Wake People to Dangers of Plastic Waste — Moss and Fog

The plastic you use once tortures the oceans forever. With that simple yet forceful message, accompanied by torturous images of animals suffocated by plastic bags, we’re given a slap in the face to wake up to our wasteful practices. Sea Shepherd is responsible for the campaign, which is purposely shocking and off-putting. It’s well overdue…

Shocking Campaign Aims to Wake People to Dangers of Plastic Waste — Moss and Fog

emptiness

Emptiness of Entityness… Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/80s 85mm 100 ISO

The emptiness of entityness (one of five types of emptiness discussed within Buddhist philosophy) is illustrated … with the example of a cairn and a human being. Both exist and are mutually exclusive…a cairn when viewed from a distance can easily be mistaken for a human, whereas upon closer inspection, there is nothing whatsoever that is human about a pile of stones. A human is utterly absent there. A rope mistaken for a snake would seem to be another example of the emptiness of entityness.~D. Lopez, Jr. (The Heart Sutra Explained, p54.)