(which is why this is sooc)
Taken from Thursday's evening short walk. I have to admit, I often enjoy processing shots (even if it's only to adjust the brightness, contrast or to do a minor crop), but tonight I felt that something of the joy of the sky would be lost if I messed around with it. Leaving it "just as it is" seemed appropriate, especially as we were discussing Winne the Pooh tonight and how the lovable characters A. A. Milne created were apparently (Milne never actually stated this, but the characters' traits are so closely connected to the Tao concepts that it's uncanny) based upon the principles of Tao. One of which is P'U, the Uncarved Block.
The quote below from the book could be about 'drawing the fine line' in editing couldn't it. ;)
"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."
-- Winnie the Pooh
"The 'Tao of Pooh' explains Taoism by Winnie the Pooh and explains Winnie the Pooh by Taoism. It makes you understand what A.A. Milne probably meant when he said he didn't write the Pooh-books for children in the first place."
"One of the basic principles of Taoism is P'U, the Uncarved Block. The essence of the Uncarved Block is that things in their original simplicity contain their own natural power, power that is easily spoiled and lost when that simplicity is changed. This principle applies not only to things, but to people as well. Or Bears. Which brings us to Pooh, the very Epitome of the Uncarved Block. When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few, other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work, odd as that may appear to others at times. As Piglet put it in 'Winnie-the-Pooh', "Pooh hasn't much Brain, but he never comes to any harm. He does silly things and they turn out right."
Quoted excerpts from
http://www.just-pooh.com
- Looks best in enlarged viewer.
