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I took this photo on a recent trip to San Jose. At sunrise, we decided to stop for gas and breakfast. After breakfast, I wanted take a little walk eastward to watch the sunrise, and to breathe the fresh air of a new day.
I did not realize that I was walking on a cobblestone pavement. This particular one stood up higher above the others, and almost tripped me. As I looked down, seeing the warm light softly touched the stones, I had to run back to the car to get the camera. I took three frames, and this one is my most favorite.
As we got back in the car and drove on, a thought crossed my mind. The whole time, I was looking up at the sky watching the sunrise. I did not even look down. If I did not trip on the stone, or should I says, if the stone did not trip me, I would not have taken this photograph. Was it chance? Was there some kind of intervention at work?
I wonder if a stone have a soul.
-Quan.
February 2011.
“The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.” ~ Bertrand Russell (English Logician and Philosopher 1872-1970)
I like the quality of light falling on these rocks. Great eye for seeing this!
DeanCVu
September 11, 2012 at 4:54 PMIf the stone doesn't have a soul, and I think they do, then in this case they were a very good communicator and you a good listener/seeker. Excellent seeing and presentation. Proves that we need to look everywhere to truly see.
Ssgmoore1369
September 11, 2012 at 4:54 PMDean, thank you. Yeah, the soft quality attracted me.
quantran101
September 11, 2012 at 4:54 PMSsgmoore1369, thanks for visiting. Being aware of the surrounding helps seeing things in a different light. It works for me once in a while, wish it happens all the time.
quantran101
September 11, 2012 at 4:54 PM