beach + hiking = perfect day in the cinque terre
that's of course a picture from the internet, i forgot my own camera. i know i abuse that little button atop my instant gratification device, but i can't help it. it's been said that people are increasingly becoming obsessed with capturing an image rather than experiencing it. the pause to take a photo makes me look at my environment more carefully, consider it, and notice the small particularities i wouldn't have. when you take a picture, you select a certain frame out of an infinite possibility of others, and so through the creative act of choice, pictures leave me with a tangible visual memory of the things that i happened to have noticed.
but a picture can't capture the way the sea glimmers, reflecting the sunlight in different sparkling spots each instant as the water moves. that's for video cameras. ;)
2 comments:
nothing is as good as the real thing! first hand experience is the bestest, i know you'll agree!
i love your writing and that picture
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