The last couple of days have been cold and gray with temperatures in the forties. It's good weather for staying indoors and reading and writing. (I've knit a little, too, but not that much.) In the stories I write, one of my favorite themes is
perception. Every minute of every day we make judgments based on what we see and hear. We think we know people. We think we can trust our senses. Let me ask you: is that fog up ahead in the woods or is it smoke?
Would you ever have suspected that it was the spray from an open hydrant? (That's what it was!) How often are we wrong about the things we think we know without ever realizing it? And what does this say about our "reality"?
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I had thought fog when I first saw your photo. Yes, it's all about perception isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a little of our weather, we went from two weeks of spring right into summer. Our temperatures have been around 86 degrees and the humidity is so high I feel like I'm melting.
I would not have guessed a hydrant! Ah... perception vs. reality... now there's a topic! The applications and situations are endless. When it comes to photography, I think perception is half of the equation for success. Marry that with technical know-how and you've got success!
ReplyDeleteI assumed it was fog -
ReplyDeleteThat is why it is not good to judge a book by its cover :0) a hydrant was not something I thought about, but I did think it might be smoke from someone burning something in the field. Our temps are the same as yours...grey and rainy. mari
ReplyDeleteI was shooting for fog. I too am amazed on how we perceive events, people, places. I think as we age we become more intuitive to the nuances of perception. I also think I've become more sympathetic.
ReplyDeleteGood point indeed!
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