Ours
The Response: Typewriter Still Life — Cheryl
“The more I studied literature and the arts, the more I realized that the world is far more ambiguous than we think.” — Gregory Wolfe, Beauty Will Save the World
Bridget and I had a good talk along these lines on the way home from her orthodontist appointment today. It’s easy to judge and compare and justify and condemn. The much more difficult path leads us to mercy, empathy, and the realization that the circumstances, the reactions, the choices, and even the way we perceive everything around us are ours alone.
No matter how impressed I am with the gorgeous still life images Jessica creates (and I am EXTREMELY impressed), they’ll always be her images. I can learn from her, be inspired by her (and I certainly am), but the images I create exist because I created them. It’s the same for Jessica: the beauty she adds to the world through her photographs has everything to do with who she is. When you stop and think about it, it’s pretty wonderful.
It is wonderful, isn’t it? That the created world and our own creations are all so wonderfully diverse or maybe I should say infinitely diverse. What a wonder!
Thank you for the compliment too. I love that typewriter! : )