Looking through.
That’s the feeling I get from this image: Looking through.
I’m looking through a small, frosted window. It’s dirty, maybe in a warehouse or shop.
(But it’s still beautiful.)
I can’t see the whole of anything, all I see are pieces and parts.
(But it’s still beautiful.)
I can’t see the details. They are only impressions left on the glass.
(But it’s still beautiful.)
We can’t always see things perfectly. Sometimes we can only see what’s right in front of us: Part of something, through a dirty window. That can be enough.
Enough to call it beautiful.
I am a person who is always looking for the big picture in my life. I want to know how everything fits in with a greater plan. I want to see and understand the connections. My Photo-Heart Connection this month reminds me that’s not always possible. It reminds me that even when I can’t see the whole plan, I can still enjoy the part I can see — what’s right in front of me. There is beauty in the parts without seeing the whole. It’s funny… I processed this image to look this way. It started as a silhouette of bamboo against the sky, but it became a window. A window to my heart, with a message I needed to hear.
What is your Photo-Heart Connection this month? What message does your heart have for you? Review your April images, and share with us here.
Kat, I can relate to your words, which resonate deeply with me. I also want to see and understand connections, to have answers, to know the reasons why things occur… but I am learning that there is beauty in the parts (in the unfinished, in the uncertainty) without seeing the whole (indeed my photo-heart connection of this month talks about this too)
Thanks for hosting, your photo is wonderful
Beautiful. It reminds me of tranquil Asian art.
My PHC will go up tomorrow.
Rinda
More and more I enjoy abstract images. They are mysterious. Stories with limited plot and plenty of room for creation to taste, mood, or whim. I can see why this would be a reminder about the big picture not always being “all that”. My image this month somewhat reminds me of what you think about your image, but evoke an entirely different message. Strange how that happens. Thanks for hostessing this wonderful link up.
How beautiful Kat. It is interesting that your PHC’s are all green apart from your b&w (which probably is green).
Green, tranquillity and balance. Food for thought, I’m going to look at my PHC’s all together. Thanks so much for this lovely monthly practice.
Wow, I did not notice that! You are right, and the B&W from last month is also a soft green in reality. Thanks for sharing this observation, I’m going to have to ponder on what the bigger picture of all of my PHC photos together can tell me.
I have felt this way about spring this year – noticing all the buds, the first sprouts of green…all the little pieces that were, in and of themselves, miraculous. As it’s gotten greener, and I’ve looked up…all of a sudden the ‘bigger picture’ is breathtaking. I imagine that’s a small (tiny, minuscule) idea of what it feels like to be God and see the bigger picture all the time! Our work, it seems to me, is to find the beauty (miracle/purpose) in the slice of life we can see…even when the view is murky and limited. I’m finding more and more that when I do this work (my work) that His grace affords me an occasional glimpse of that bigger picture! Really love what you’ve shared here!
Kat – I love how this image started off as something completely different from where it ended up – and in that transformation becoming a lesson for the heart.
This image says to me that we don’t always have to look at the big picture to see the light…wow this image really resonates with me right now. With my son’s illness we aren’t really sure what the big picture is, and this is a great reminder to see the light even in small things.
I’m another big-picture person. I not only want to see the big picture now, but to see the ramifications of every choice and decision into infinity — before I make a decision. The result can be paralysis. Thanks for this reminder that we really can’t know everything, that pieces can be enough, that I need to trust that the pieces will come together to make up the whole. I also like the idea of looking at my PHCs as a group to see if there’s a “bigger picture” there. I’ve never done that before.
I see it, Kat. Not what it is, but what it could be … I see a face with Chinese characters written over it. A little sad. And, yes, it is Beautiful. Simple. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful image and beautiful thoughts.
Love this image and your words really resonate with me too. I have finally posted my PHC – I’ve missed a few (too many) and it’s really nice to be back. 🙂
What a lovely idea, Kat. Immediately made me think about how hard it’s hitting me that my youngest is growing up so fast.
Such beautiful photo and words. I love the mistic in the photo.
Kat, I’m truly loving what you are doing with your images….