tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post5965258129677200066..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: Make the time to stand and stareSteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-18550430893094064272019-01-27T18:54:54.331+00:002019-01-27T18:54:54.331+00:00I think it's about your first reaction Stewart...I think it's about your first reaction Stewart. I have an almost reflex reach for the camera which I'm attempting to stop.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-36160428614868465892019-01-25T20:02:33.297+00:002019-01-25T20:02:33.297+00:00I think you can do it all. One moment you can stan...I think you can do it all. One moment you can stand and stare the next take its picture or whatever. I do. Like my little Firecrest. I took my poor images. While standing with the camera thinking I'll never get this, I put it back on my shoulder and took in the scene. Then I felt the need to collect it again in the notebook. As for the little stripy fellow, he didnt care a bit and went about his business unblemished... Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-65380462298054447152019-01-22T12:32:11.935+00:002019-01-22T12:32:11.935+00:00Now that, Ric, is a problem well worth having.Now that, Ric, is a problem well worth having.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-27194617156161948882019-01-22T08:10:57.953+00:002019-01-22T08:10:57.953+00:00Steve, If there's one problem I have as regard...Steve, If there's one problem I have as regards the world around me, it's that I have no trouble existing just in the moment.<br />Neither before, nor after. No thoughts, words or labels. Just blank oblivion.<br /><br />I've done that ever since I could remember. <br /><br />It's a problem when with others if they are constantly on the go, making plans, formulating narratives, scheming and the like. I'm there just soaking it up saying nothing because I'm thinking of...nothing.<br /><br />I might be humming a tune quietly to myself without realising it. Others have noticed that. A source of a good leg pulling from someone around here about forty odd years back while waiting at Rickmansworth station.<br /><br />'Snap out of it' applies. Can be quite a jolt as my senses get swamped by 'noise'.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.com