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
Dude that 2nd photograph is intense. Really really intense.
Your photos are superb!