I've never been able to catch one of these birds tack sharp. They always move too fast for me, who is rarely sitting in one place very long anyway. I thought this was worth working with, and I'm happy I took time to take another look at it before considering it a failed picture. Since I don't see the world like my friends or acquaintances, it doesn't make sense to create images like they would, even as beautiful as they are. And, because those beautiful images elude me anyway, this is what I do.
This bird is like a thought, a quick flash of insight, interest, humor, an observation that has form but isn't so clearly defined that it compromises imagination. I like being surprised, and I'm happy for the uncertainties in life, because being unsure is the fast way to discovery. Otherwise, we just do the same thing, think the same thought, live the same life over and over. And that doesn't seem like much of a life to me.
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