SLOW PHOTOGRAPHY #79: Slow Photography Book Coming Soon

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I'll publish my book on Slow Photography in 2018. Here is an excerpt from the first chapter, Winter:


Winter

The Sky Clock
The full "Wolf Moon" over the ocean. Waves caress its light. The photograph is mute to many, but speaks to those who have sailed and inhaled the moon lit sea in winter, remindful of past sorrows and joys. It speaks to the soul in whispers, saying softly "there is only now." 

Time melts away when we sail. Raising the canvas to the weather, or watching dolphin play off the bow, I rest in the present. Without sounds of traffic, and with no human sounds, life at sea becomes the timeless present.

This teaches a lesson. Live by the sky clock, there is only now. Eons before the age of Egyptian, Mayan, and Indus River monuments of time we kept time differently. Long before the first Chinese water clock, we kept time with sky clocks. They let us rest in the present. This book is about being fully present with the experiences of our photography.



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