Simplicity and Light

Dear Diary,

The world is a vast stew of visual possibilities for a photographer.  Everywhere we look there is something to photograph...something that is calling our attention.  Filtering through all of it to find just one image is daunting.  Today, I look at the pure zen-like simplicity found in my own backyard.

Some call it "minimalism".  Reducing  everything down to it's purest elements.  Whatever you call it, there is a serenity and calm to an image like this and in the chaos of the world it is refreshing to retreat into this quiet space for a time.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art

Albrecht Durer.