"At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance."

T. S. Eliot
Burnt Norton




Thursday, July 29, 2010

Magic (La Palma, Canary Islands)

I had maybe three seconds prep time for this picture. Walking up a Sunday street in La Palm, Canary Islands, I saw this lady approach the "magic window." Poorly framed and lighted, it still seems a worthwhile image of belief in more than we see as we hurry along. Canon 40D; shutter speed: 1/80; aperture, f/7.1; ISO, 100.

1 comment:

Tracy said...

Glad you posted this here. Touching, I think, to have caught that tentative step forward as she is drawn into the magic. Cool.