Computer Clean Up...Old Photos...E Unmasked

I was almost finished deleting and condensing files when I came across these photos of my maternal grandfather. He was the adventurous type, taking a job three thousand miles outside his home country in a part of the world he had never before set eyes on. He and my grandmother raised three children and were there for almost all of their working lives. I came along during their mid-lives when they still had teens underfoot. The photo below was taken later, about 1961-62, when "cat" specs were all the rage.

Meditative Scene

Photo taken by E, September, 2008.


This was taken the same day I found and photographed the seahorse in my previous post. Water seems to be a recurring theme in my life as I have always lived geographically close to it. I enjoy its many forms, whether white-capped in a roiling storm, choppy on a cloudy day or serene and almost meditative, as it is here.

As I noted in comments to a reader when she inquired how I was able to recollect the decorative doorway I had photographed during a particularly grueling physical therapy session, scenes such as this often come to mind if I can get into the meditative state that helps me focus on something other than the pain that ensues from therapy as well as sometimes simply living.

Apart from that, I also enjoy finding things that tantalize the eye as well as the mind and spirit, and while I make no claims about being a good photographer, it is interesting to experiment. Another intriquing element of any visual medium is the viewer; what I see and how I see it may not be what another notices at all.

Until Next Time...