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2010-02-22T06:47:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. This is my first post, hopefully one of many. I took this photo about six months ago, during the mediteranean summer, on the north coast of Israel. Besides being a pretty sunset, taken with one of those point and shoots, a Fujifilm Finepix F-40, (which I wouldnt't recommend if you seriously want to get in to photography), there is something else, in my mind, to consider when first looking at this type of photo. There is the first impression, not about the quality of the photo, but a feeling you get, which is inititated by the scene, but is not neccesarily about the scene. When we look at a sunset, we are looking at something that is about to pass, something temporary which we have no control over. This association, can be interpreted, on an emotional level, in different ways by different people, but it is a common feature of life, that no one can control everything ! Even control freaks can't control all aspects of their lives. I guess that the attempt to conrol everything is what defines them as such. It's easy to accept the passing of the sunset, as we all know that there will be another one the next day, yet this awareness may lead to thoughts about what is hard to accept. For myself, I was facing a difficult decision at the time, namely whether to quit my academic pursuits, without any job security, or to continue a path in which I had a scholarship, but felt quite wrong to me, and in which I lacked "good" motivation. This difficulty, and lack of control over my situation, was quite a contrast to the peaceful predictability of the sunset, even though I have no control over it's coming and passing.

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