I am reading Complete Digital Photography, by Ben Long this summer...the other day, he was talking about how as adults our brains "edit or abbreviate our visual experience so that we do not become overwhelmed with visual information." And then he went on to say...
"Little kids are different. Because the world is a new place for them, they notice far more detail. They have to see these details because they haven't yet learned to abbreviate the visual complexity of the world down to simple symbols like desk. Unfortunately, for a photographer, the visual complexity of the world is also the raw material for your photography. So you don't want your brain to abbreviate your experience, you want it to see every detail. In other words, you want to learn to see again, as you did when you were a kid."
Complete Digital Photography, Ben Long
Wow...I couldn't help but see this as another reminder from God to "SEE"...so I continue my list of endless gifts finding joy in "seeing" the sacred in the everyday...
"Little kids are different. Because the world is a new place for them, they notice far more detail. They have to see these details because they haven't yet learned to abbreviate the visual complexity of the world down to simple symbols like desk. Unfortunately, for a photographer, the visual complexity of the world is also the raw material for your photography. So you don't want your brain to abbreviate your experience, you want it to see every detail. In other words, you want to learn to see again, as you did when you were a kid."
Complete Digital Photography, Ben Long
Wow...I couldn't help but see this as another reminder from God to "SEE"...so I continue my list of endless gifts finding joy in "seeing" the sacred in the everyday...
Monday, July 4th
1073...a day to celebrate my husband's birthday
1074...kids tramping through a hidden stream
1073...a day to celebrate my husband's birthday
1074...kids tramping through a hidden stream
1075...salamanders swimmingTuesday, July 5th
1076...mounds of laundry- a reminder of a great long weekend at the lake
1077...that the dentist affirmed him with the same phrase we normally do
1078...time to celebrate
Wednesday, July 6th
1079...Joshua's birthday breakfast
1080..."GOD IS LOVE" written very large in the dirt on the back of a box truck...a great early morning reminder
1081...meeting Daddy for a picnic
1082...a rescue my family had been praying for
Thursday, July 7th
1083...a mini cleaning spree
1084...watching Joshua delight in his friends
1084...open play at a local "Bounce Place" that doubled as his birthday celebration
1085...milkshakes with his friends to top off the evening
Friday, July 8th
1085...witnessing the creativity of our Maker as we walk through the Aquarium...the multitude of colors, the detail and even the humor...
1086...an early start to the lake
1087...a fun "pit stop"
Saturday, July 9th
1088...the joy in jumping off of the dock
1089...a boy and a bucket of rocks
1090...our kids as friends
1091...a late evening boat ride
1092...his exclamation that "this was the best day ever at the lake!"
Sunday, July 10th
1093...him all alone on the road
1094...time to read in the sun
1095...a glimpse of them through the kitchen window
Sunday, July 10th
1093...him all alone on the road
1094...time to read in the sun1095...a glimpse of them through the kitchen window
1096...for Wes' diligence in extinguishing the smell in the van
1097...His reminders
1097...His reminders
2 comments:
Great list and lovely pictures. And your quotes on the side of your blog are fabulous! What a great idea to display them there.
what a fascinating snippet from that book you're reading, thanks for sharing it!
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