{"id":3590,"date":"2012-05-08T19:25:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T02:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2014-08-15T21:08:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T04:08:21","slug":"photography-as-a-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/08\/photography-as-a-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography as a meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stalk the light, and the world fades away.
\nThere is only this moment,
\nthis camera,
\nthis flower,
\nthis light.<\/p>\n

Which camera? Irrelevant:
\nan old beater, camera phone, DSLR…
\nit doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n

The flower – deconstructed
\npetal, stamen,
\nline, curve,
\ncolor.<\/p>\n

I capture the light, not the flower
\nThe way the light moves and flexes,
\naround and through,
\nreflection,
\nabsorption,
\nglow.<\/p>\n

In the end, it’s not even about me;
\nit’s about embracing the light.<\/p>\n

\"bluebells<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I stalk the light, and the world fades away. There is only this moment, this camera, this flower, this light. Which camera? Irrelevant: an old beater, camera phone, DSLR… it doesn’t matter. The flower – deconstructed petal, stamen, line, curve, color. I capture the light, not the flower The way the light moves and flexes, 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