Liquid Dusk (reflection below) - a photo on Flickriver

(Wednesday, November 14, 2018)
What causes a melancholy? Is it a series of unfortunate events or non-events? I would say yes, but one, such as myself, quickly recognize which events or non-events that are causing the dark waves to rush upon my (rocky) shore. To be aware of these particular waves and what causes them are important.

What is beautiful is that Wisdom visits me on these occasions and lifts me up. Her visit moves me...to see the larger picture...and my place in it.

And now I quote Robert Lax,
to watch and listen, hardly to watch or to listen;
not to act unless called upon, a passive way of life,
but one that leads often to great and real activity.
what is given up is vain action, and what remains is
true activity, participation in eternal life, which has
been defined as "pure act." (he who does not act at all,
but does not sleep, approaches this state of true activity).

the best activities of mind, soul, & body are those that
proceed from this pure state. (they are empty acts,
goal-less acts, acts that proceed without calculation or
conscious effort), like respiration and digestion they
are acts that take place usually without being noticed,
and yet they advance the life of the whole.
~~~~~
I went to sit
quietly
to look at the sea.

To think, to wonder
about my friends.

What I
knew about
them

& all I needed
to know

at least in
those first
moments

was that
they were
or had
become

a part
of me

they were part
of my life

as I looked out
over the sea
it was as
though they
were with
me watching
ing

as though
they had come
to help me

as I searched

for what?

for whom?

they had
come to
help me

as I searched
for them
-Robert Lax, In the Beginning was Love, Contemplative Words of Robert Lax, Edited by S.T. Georgiou
/***************************************************
youtu.be/tO3i6XOtJT0
Klaus Schulze - In The Dimness Of Light.

Taken on: September 29, 2018

Tags:

Extreme Blues

Melancholy

Blues

Dusk

Darkness

Dark

Light

Maui 2018

Hawaii

Canon

PowerShot

G1X

Mark

iii

Mertonian

Robert Cowlishaw

Canon PowerShot G1X Mark iii

Rocky

Ocean

Edge

Deeply « less

Sets appears in: • Deeply • Canon PowerShot G1X Mark iii more » • Ocean and Beach • Dark and Light • The Mood Blue • Shadow Painting • Places « less

Groups appears in: • canon photography • Flickritis: over 87,000 waiting for a vaccine. more » • Nature of the World Unlimited (9000+ Invite your friends!) • Canon PowerShot G1-X Mark I & II • Canon Powershot G1X User Group • Canon Powershot Enthusiast Compacts • Canon Powershot G1X Mark II User Group • Canon PowerShot G1X Family - Official Group • Canon PowerShot G1X Mark II and Mark lll • Today's Flickr • Cinque continenti / Five continents • Shadows and Moods • " G7 X Mark II - G7XIII - & other Canon 1" Cameras " • Breaking Through Together • Canon G1X Mark III • Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III « less

Camera: Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III, f/4.5, 1/30 sec, 26.6mm, ISO 4000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	26.6mm
ISO:	4000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Snapseed 2.18.200158453
Show full info

Stats: 10,079 views / 4 comments

Link to this photo view:
Link to this photo large view: