What a pleasure it has been to learn how to use my Android smartphone! Granted, everybody else on planet Earth went through this seven years ago. I even took a couple photos, just so I would know how. But I think I'll continue to carry a regular digital camera, with its 18X optical zoom.
Perhaps I should reconsider that. After all, the smartphone is always with you. For instance, yesterday I missed a potentially great photograph. Long-suffering readers know that that means a photograph that tells a story, or is a visual metaphor of an important part of the human condition. They also know what it doesn't mean: a purdy picher.
I had just finished the appointment with an attorney who made my last will and testament, then went to knock off other errands before the migration north begins. I got rid of an annoying aluminum extension ladder that I have carried in my van, after replacing it with a collapsible telescoping ladder.
As I rolled into the landfill to dispose of the ladder, it struck me how strange it was to be there on the same day that I signed my first will. There was a message here. But composing an essay takes time. It would have been nice to take a photo of the dump, and think of a good caption or essay later.
There is something thought-provoking about visiting a landfill -- as there is at a graduation ceremony, wedding, or funeral -- even for people who don't do a lot of deep thinking.
Perhaps I should reconsider that. After all, the smartphone is always with you. For instance, yesterday I missed a potentially great photograph. Long-suffering readers know that that means a photograph that tells a story, or is a visual metaphor of an important part of the human condition. They also know what it doesn't mean: a purdy picher.
I had just finished the appointment with an attorney who made my last will and testament, then went to knock off other errands before the migration north begins. I got rid of an annoying aluminum extension ladder that I have carried in my van, after replacing it with a collapsible telescoping ladder.
As I rolled into the landfill to dispose of the ladder, it struck me how strange it was to be there on the same day that I signed my first will. There was a message here. But composing an essay takes time. It would have been nice to take a photo of the dump, and think of a good caption or essay later.
There is something thought-provoking about visiting a landfill -- as there is at a graduation ceremony, wedding, or funeral -- even for people who don't do a lot of deep thinking.
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"What a pleasure it has been to learn how to use my Android smartphone! Granted, everybody else on planet Earth went through this seven years ago." Not everybody - I'm waiting for them to quit coming out with Beta models and release the finished product which needs to have a useful life similar to the old rotary dial.
However, being a Realist, I would prefer a picture of the burial of a stepladder. Thinking too much about perfection leads to a constant unhappy and dissatisfied state of mind.
George
But a really good photographic ARTIST could have found something visually interesting there -- something that affected the viewer more than a wordy sermon would.
But Tolstoy and I don't like it! (grin)