Lighten Up

Thursday, May 16, 2024

It was a beautiful day yesterday. Today’s header is shadowy; it shows a need for me to operate my camera manually. I would if I could, and I actually have a complicated-looking book that explains how to do that. But get the word: complicated, and who has time?

I’m already reading and focusing on two areas: the history of music, how music affects the brain, and music listening skills. I’m also reading Foreign Affairs, a well-written and influential quarterly with educated and informed pieces about the Middle East and Ukrainian wars.

How much at once may I push my brain into absorbing? For interests driven by passion, I suppose there’s a way. I’m always fascinated by images that deeply reflect “mood.” I’ve seen some very creative ones recently, and they have re-sparked my imagination.

One needs expertise with a camera and the ability to tap into one’s inner areas of imagination. My strong sense of experiencing an overburdened brain could be a way of protecting my inner imagination.

Deep workings of imagination happen entirely within the mind. They allow for creating, manipulating, and experiencing things not directly tied to the external world. That represents the human mind’s entire processing of information, emotions, and memories.

A plan to create mood photography involves manipulating old mental images to form new ones. That requires making connections between various ideas and experiencing emotions in simulated ways. Maybe those are a little scary.

Oh well, it’s me always: peering from the edge of a diving board and seeing very deep waters.

Dear Friends: I “heart” images that create, and are felt as imaginative and unique. Diana