In the big cities, the turn of the year is celebrated with glaring light and loudly. Fireworks and firecrackers belong to New Year's Eve. That's the way it may be.
When I took this picture, it was quiet in the Wahiba Sands and the light of the desert still young. Maybe you can notice a hint of Yin and Yang in this dune arc. It stands for the forces of life that are opposed to each other but can only be understood in unity - light and dark, hard and soft, cold and warm, movement and calm,... The ancient Greeks had a very similar idea as the Chinese philosophers. Heraclitus said, "It is changing and resting." As an example, he mentioned the river, which can only subsist by continual adding new water. The contrasts merge in a larger unit - the idea of dialectics.
I wish you a Happy New Year with a succeding balance of flow and calm, giving and taking, thinking and feeling.
Your presence here is always so positive and calming, words and photos! I recall you once considered stepping away, but we're the better for it that you're back in our midst. May the New Year continue to treat you well, and keep you as centered as you are here today. ...and if you'll forgive me, in the midst of contemplative thinking, if I'll confess to also thinking of ruffled potato chips ; ) (No fireworks, but a good chuckle is fine by me!)
A photograph worth contemplating, and your thoughts ever-provoking. Thank you for another year of photographic inspiration, Jerome. May the next year bring us all more peaceful moments, and time for reflection.
Always a joy to be in contact with you, dear Jerome. Your thoughts are always interesting and your photographs beautiful. I wish you good things for 2019.
Thank you for the carefully worded and crafted words and image. I can't think of anything better to say than to wish all those same things back to you for 2019.
Just beautiful Jerome. This is an incredible contrasting shot, and you have a way with beautiful words. I've not been present enough this past year but each time I fall on one of your photos, I am reminded how talented you are and am grateful for photos like yours. Happy, healthy New Year to you and yours!
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Thank you for your nice comments!
Thanks a lot for your kind wishes!