Very well put Bill, the very act of documentation places one in the position of an observer rather than a participant, a very different experience. Bill Hansen wrote: > > I agree with Jack Martin that the lack of photographs is not necessarily a > bad thing. I love photography, love taking pictures, manipulating images, > printing, etc etc etc..... But many (most?) of the very best things cannot > be photographed. And a sharply etched memory is worth a thousand pictures. > From the years I spent trying to photograph hockey games, I know well that > taking the picture can actually take much of the joy out of the event. > -- Gabriel L Romeu http://studiofurniture.com İİİİİ furniture from the workshop http://studiofurniture.com/diary İİİİİ life as a tourist, daily journal http://studiofurniture.com/paint İİİİİ paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 07 2001 - 17:10:16 PST
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