“The question is not what you look at, but what you see” – Henry David Thoreau.
How do we see our worlds?
Perspective matters.
Original and same, edited, image of Haden Park, Vancouver, Canada, on a January day.
I am drawn to the drama of the black and white scene. But in my life, I’d prefer the colours and nuances of the original image.
Curious free range human. Creative writer, journalist, photographer
A sign on a pub, seared in my early childhood awareness in the 1960s, resurfaced in memory, on International Women's Day: "No Dogs or Women" it declared. The right to enter a pub is a small symbol, part of an issue that's anything but trivial.
People, so many people these days, seem on the verge of losing it. If we're lucky, a dog - or two - will come to the rescue.
The world listened to America's inauguration speeches and wondered, silently, will the words about unity mean anything? Will American exceptionalism continue? And then Amanda Gorman blazed onto the stage.