Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

...because some of it is pretty and some of it is not.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Recent Observations

—From a great distance, the calling of sandhill cranes sounds like people chanting.
—Sadness must be dragged along.  Happiness carries you.
—Few things are more unnerving than an absolutely still forest.
—The word “stuff,” though common and indefinite, has become my new favorite word.  It is a word with towering possibilities.  It is a blank wanting to be filled.  If I say “good stuff” in a room filled with twenty people, twenty different images of “good stuff” will appear in the room.

--Mitchell Hegman

4 comments:

  1. For some reason I find an absolutely still forest to be an almost religious experience. Kind of like being in a huge gothic cathedral by yourself. Uplifting and calming at the same time.

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    1. I agree with that, also. It can be lovely. All depends on your frame of mind at the time.

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  2. Love your observations except that I object to the use of the word "dragged" in "Sadness must be dragged along." Maybe "nursed" along would be more appropriate. Besides, pathos can be beautiful at times.

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    1. Agreed. I appreciate (and always have) your knowledge and use of words! Objection taken with a smile.

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