Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Impressionism on the water

Feeling reflective
London, ON
September 2023
This photo originally shared on Instagram


We’d be forgiven for thinking what we see here is just an illusion, or a reflection of what we believe reality to be.

Indeed, everything in this photo is reflected, filtered, ephemeral. We aren’t looking directly at anything - or at least anything permanent or solid.

And a blink after this photo was taken, countless unseen forces - wisps of wind, the pull of the river’s current, even the passing of a bird over the burbling waters - would all conspire to repaint the scene yet again.

Maybe someone else might come along to witness it.

Or not.

Doesn’t make a difference to the forces of nature that continually redraw this very unreal place. They’ll do their thing whether or not they have an audience.

Nature sure is funny that way, isn’t she?

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