The sun had all but set when I shot this bloom on my cousin Peg's Magnolia tree. I knew I had wanted to shoot something from her garden and although I had a couple of other decent shots, I decided to go with this one today as it speaks volumes of how I have been feeling as of late; that yes, beauty truly DOES reside WITHIN a person and it need not only be seen from the "pretty" outer shell.
I stuck the camera lens into this bloom and shot blindly, so that is perhaps why things are not exactly clear, but then again, nothing in life is 100% clearly seen or understood or even appreciated.
So, to all of those that sometimes feel as if they are not "beautiful on the outside" I say to them, you are beautiful inside, and that my friend, is really where it counts.
