
A reflected image within a pond…
submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s photo challenge: double

A reflected image within a pond…
submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s photo challenge: double

Nikon D750 40mm f/3.3 1/4000s ISO 100
This image of a collection of beard’s goats
is being submitted to a challenge posed by Musin’ With Susan.
creating meaning by superimposing one story onto another…so many after-images, after-thoughts echoing through my mind leaving me to grieve the fading day.

Perception is never purely in the present – it has to draw on experiences of the past; … ‘the remembered present.’ We all have detailed memories of how things have previously looked and sounded, and these memories are recalled and admixed with every new perception.
~Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks

What you want to acquire, you should dare to acquire by any means. What you want to see, even though it is with difficulty, you should see. You should not let it pass, thinking there will be another chance to see it or to acquire it. It is quite unusual to have a second chance to materialize your desire.
~Yosa Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert


It’s a dreary grey day so I’m adding a bit of “red” by joining the
The Girl that Dreams Awake challenge

To meditate means to accustom oneself to some positive quality so that it eventually becomes a natural part of one’s character…through meditation we can train ourselves to deal more sensitively with life.*
*cited:
Developing Balanced Sensitivity
Alexander Berzin
green leaves transforming into shades of yellow and red…blossoms crinkling…evening’s sounds fading….afternoon temperatures easing…all these and more…

silent messengers of autumn’s soon arrival.
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