Capturing the essence

An image is a physical event captured by our sense of sight processed in our minds and made wonderful by our emotion.

These days I've been looking at pictures. Pictures are still images of an event that happened in the past. The light from that time is kept and preserved in the picture. It helps us keep a memory of a time gone past. Back then we viewed images with such wonder and child like fascination. Nowadays... An image is graded like a school child living up to the standards. Being critiqued by those that call themselves critics. Leaving with an imprint that causes those who were convinced of being strays to follow them. What was once work of passion became a work of emulation. Led by the blind towards the death of creative innovation.

I challenge these so-called photographers who carry around their miracle invention to capture an image with essence. The work of photography should be less commercially acceptable and more thought provoking or spiritually stimulating. I've seen enough pretty pictures of flowers. It's time for an image that will leave a dent in the mind of an individual that connects. Evoke those stirring emotions led by the image.
But, on a more positive note. I've come across images from leading names in photography that excites me. It's not the quality of the image but the feel of it. The moment that is captured but only once in a lifetime. That's the beauty in essence. A moment you can feel but cannot re-attend.

Serve not the eye and serve not the mind. For what's seen is but an image. But serve the heart and the soul. For what's felt would last a lifetime.