(a series on paying attention to what’s right in front of me)
It’s been on my mind to “upgrade” from my current camera, which has served me exceedingly well the past six or seven years to a new one (performs better in low light, indoors, etc. etc.). I may well give in. But this past week, whenever I thought about going into a store and checking it out, I found myself preferring instead to be in the street with my tried-and-true.
Sunday: Montreal metro
Skylight, Gare Centrale (Central train station), Montreal…might not have seen it had it not been for a two-hour delay in departure…sometimes we need to be forced to notice….I do, anyway
“Just as we are commanded to love man, we are also called upon to be sensitive to the grandeur of God’s creation.
Tuesday in Toronto
“We are infatuated with our great technological achievements; we have forgotten the mystery of being, of being alive.
Wednesday,: momentary siesta for Bay Street
“We have lost our sense of wonder, our sense of radical amazement at sheer being.”
“Choose Life,” Abraham Joshua Heschel*
Thursday
(spoiler alert: I think I’ll keep an eye out for colour for the next post)
* Thank you, Rabbi Aviva Goldberg for putting Heschel’s reflections on technology and wonder in front of Congregation Shir Libeynu often enough that they’ve taken up residence in my RAM, not to mention my mind.
Lorne Meets World 
Looks like your camera is doing a fine job Lorne. My wife uses a 4×5 at work but her favorite is her point and shoot. This is Tom from the 2006 Grand Canyon hike- I’ve enjoyed random samplings of your posts- hope all is well with you!
Thanks very much for the comment, Tom. I’m responding on what could very well be twelve years to the day that we met at the canyon. an experience I remember with great fondness. The do I / don’t I go for the upgrade question remains…Great to see your voice out here.