"Openness" - [Gross and Shapiro - Tao Of Photography - reflections - pp.18-20] (Psalm 8; 46:10)
Taking pictures, writing poems,
Novel making, weighty tomes,
Have in common one key part –
Being open’s where to start.What’s the context? Who arrives?
What’s expected? Who must hide?
What’s the feeling in the air?
Check five senses; be aware.Intuition roll on out;
Disengage what you’re about;
Be in context undisturbed;
Let life happen – it’s absurd.We’ll be startled by the scene –
Life is more than where we’ve been;
Let life in – the present know;
God’s is heaven; ours below.Go out walking, sense collect –
Twelve fresh smells let nose select;
Twelve new textures; twelve new sounds;
Twelve new tastes; new sights abound.God in motion; God when still;
God in night-time, morning will
Be quite different – urban scene;
Rural pleasures – senses keen.When returning to our life,
And our business time that’s tight,
We can carry where we’ve been
Into rural-urban scene.Taking pictures captures this –
Precious moments; heaven’s kiss;
Photographs reveal His life
In our presence – heaven’s light.Open senses, Lord, we pray;
Make today our blessed day;
In this world You made and make,
Lest we not of life partake.Thanks Lord for this.
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