I had just one shot in mind as I set out yesterday, this one:

I had seen this on another trip but had the wrong lens for it at the time.

I had stopped at a local orchard to pick up some apples on my way to shoot so I had the camera with me. 

Finding this shot put me in ‘wonder’ mode for the morning.  Who knows what else there would be?  That shot is in color by the way, it was just a gray day, and yes, that was a very green door.  The other three shots are in black and white.

Wondering around in the woods at Fort Harrison State Park initially yielded little of interest.  But that was because I was looking at eye level.  Down on the ground things were much more interesting.

Being in ‘wonder’ mode means being open to what’s there, open to discovery.  I have to say that this is not easy to do for very long, it is similar to turning up one’s hearing and becoming aware of all those clamorous voices.  After awhile, it’s as the expression says – too much information – and that can be tiring.

Underlying all that visual clamor I listen for the still small voice.  It’s there but it picks its own way of expressing itself and it won’t be forced.  I hope that the images I find in my wondering about reflect that voice in some sense and in some sense I feel that I am getting closer to it.  I don’t even know what that means but it seems like a brush with the ineffable. 

“Heaven gives it glimpses only to those
Not in position to look too close.”
Robert Frost, “A Passing Glimpse”