Over the past couple of days, I've given myself the task of going through the file of pictures I have stored on my desktop. This, of course, is not a small task. As can be imagined, the pictures aren't necessarily organized - I'm doing well to remember the circumstances in which some of them were taken.
I always enjoy going through pictures, though. I'm not a great photographer, but I catch cool things, sometimes. As I've gone through my files, I've started noticing a trend: I appreciate "artistic" pictures that other people would frown upon. I use the quotation marks because they aren't necessarily artsy; they're just not good.
I'm finding that I actually like some of my pictures a bit blurry, a bit overexposed, or a bit marred in some other way. Sure, it might not portray the scene exactly as my eyes saw it... but, the question is: Does any rendition of anything actually come out the way we first perceived it? Each generation becomes a bit more distorted than the last; I wonder how that works for people.
I wonder if distortions can be good, sometimes. Or do things just become perpetually more warped? It's hard to say, but it's interesting to think about. (Only for a little while, though. Too much thinking about it gets rather warped in itself.)
Maybe, in some cases, there are other things that come into play. Whatever the case, some things just look better a little blurry... or, based on some critiques I've received, it's probably safe to say that I'm in a minority for this one.
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Pictures cannot capture the spirit of a moment.