I had this moment of “Wow” on my way home from the coffee shop this morning. There is a section along Spring Creek Trail where several of these blanket-flowers (asters) are gathered alongside the trail. I decided today was the day to stop. I knelt on one knee and worked on a composition I liked. It is moments like that I realize I am learning that I am a mystic when I am kneeling before a blanket-flower, or any creation of nature, with my camera in hand, checking my composition and histogram and then realize I am holding my breath. It’s at that point I pause, take a deep breath and say a simple prayer of “Wow.” Isn’t that what a mystics does?
4 Comments
Earl
It’s a beautiful photo, well worth kneeling for. Part of the “magic” is that these moment aren’t schedule and tend surprise us. Thus, we need to be ready and open to them when they show up.
Monte Stevens
Hopefully, I am going to be ready and open to all those moments in life. It is cloudy and cool this morning.
Joan Heiman
It is surely a beautiful, mystical moment of ‘wow!’
Monte Stevens
Thank you, Joan!