A dear friend sent me a link to a video which has sent my thoughts spinning off in several directions.
The video is by Dewitt Jones, for many years photographer at the National Geographic, and what he shows us in this video is that you will not see beauty unless you believe in it. If you believe you will see ugliness and despair, then that is what you will see.
Of course, this man has been privileged to photograph some of the most beautiful regions of this earth in the course of his work, but that isn’t the point. There is beauty everywhere if we just believe we will see it.
The title of the video, Celebrate what’s right with the world, put me off a bit. It sounded cheesy and Pollyanna-ish. But he’s absolutely right, if all we have are despairing, apocalyptic thoughts, then we don’t have the energy to be active in saving our earth.
The video lasts for 22 minutes, so bookmark this post for later if you have to, then when you have time, grab a cup of coffee and a cookie or two, settle down and watch. You’ll be glad you did.
Here’s the link to the video:
Celebrate What’s Right with the World
Image at top of post by Freewine
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Freda 08.05.08 at 12:05 pm
Appreciating and identifying with the whole of creation is one of the gifts of older age. If we only looked more with the eyes of celebration, everything would get better.
Tess 08.05.08 at 9:18 pm
Freda, thank you for your comment, and welcome.
I think that in fact for most people the wonder of creation is a gift at either end of life, childhood and age.
It’s only a lucky few who manage to maintain it in the middle.
another Barbara 08.05.08 at 10:58 pm
Tess, How wonderful, amazing, and inspiring in word and photos. Yes, there is much that is awesome in our individual environments every day.
Just today as I was doing some much needed weeding in our garden, I uncovered the delightful curlicues of a cantaloupe vine considering what to do next - or that was my take on the scene I found when the weeds were out of the way!
As I saw years ago,a New Yorker saying “Look up! You can see the sky!”
Look around, under, and up close, too!
Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs!
Tess 08.06.08 at 5:01 pm
Barbara, thank you. I can just picture your cantaloupe vine thinking “wow, freedom”
Abdur Rahman 08.13.08 at 9:21 am
Peace Tess,
Beautiful. If we don’t appreciate the beauty that still exists, how can we fight to save it?