Seeing 2013 (#15)

For your consideration:  an incongruous apparition, one which appeared (came to my attention) late in the afternoon in an industrial section of town.

When I first encountered this surreal encasement I was quickly distressed:  not for the Buddha's well-being (he seemed peaceful enough despite enduring a suffocating attachment) but rather because my camera was at home.  This posed an acute dilemma: continue on my chosen path (i.e., return to my office from an errand I'd just finished) or pursue the manifestation of acquiring my photo equipment with great haste,  hoping to be able to return to and capture the scene before it vanished . . .

(A warehouse, not coincidentally, was mere yards away).

This post reveals my choice, and my reward.  I knew if I passed on the chance to photograph this, the unrealized opportunity would permanently join a small collection of other missed shots, mental images which huddle with mild regrets in some minute, securely encased store room of my brain.

Thus it appears that enlightenment, or some semblance of it at least, can be discerned if one risks seeking, even when the source remains obscured.  Furthermore, serenity can be experienced even in claustrophobic circumstances.

Tightly Wrapped Buddha, #2307-7D; 

© 2013 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

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Details: February 28, 2013, Canon 7D; f/8 @ 1/3200 sec; —1/3 EV; ISO 250;
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS @ 24mm

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