NYC Journal 53, and on letting go

The act of letting go is a courageous thing b/c it is contingent on an honesty that is often brutal and seemingly dangerous.  This relinquishing of control (or the illusion of it) is not to be confused with acts of self-destruction, as it is often those who seem bravest in their recklessness that are grasping tightest…(suicide (figurative in this case), someone once offered, is cowardly).  No, what I’m speaking of is a less superficial and more difficult motion that is manifested externally more subtly than one would think.  Probably b/c it ends up being a paradox.  The further you commit to it’s uncertainty the more capable you may be to survive.  But, again, this honesty I think is probably one of the great difficulties in life.  Self-deception is a great infirmity of humans, a thing we are terribly crafty at.


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008


photo: ©Graeme Mitchell, 2008

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2 Responses to “NYC Journal 53, and on letting go”
  1. Smitty says:

    Dude that 2nd photograph is intense. Really really intense.

  2. Your photos are superb!