"Immediacy" [Gross and Shapiro - Tao Of Photography - reflections - pp.49-58]
The link drawn out for all to see
Twixt photographic artistry
And Taoist-type philosophy,
Is known as its immediacy.A slice in time like CT scan
Is how a photo-capture can
Draw out some aspect of the stream
Of life – depicting what it means.“Decisive moment” sensed and stopped,
As life flowed on and tension dropped,
Is savored life – one milli-sec. –
Not all of life – just slice of it.An A.T. artist uses pix
To blend with words, new meanings mix
Until the text augmented thus
Expands, and queries life for us.A wisp of the eternal, now;
Deep mindfulness evoked somehow;
Eruption of a sense of awe;
The power of growth in nature raw –All this and more the artist brings
To our awareness – normal things
In life now brought to focused view,
Through which our spirit is renewed.I like the mix of fast and slow,
Through which reality I know;
Split-second pix of slice in time
Augmenting words – considered, mine.Thanks Lord, for this.
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