Frank,

you are a lucky man, as not everything you do/think/say is burdened with 
stuff like "sense" or "purpose". Not so long ago, I had a talk with a 
friend who paints and draws, who said that it's good, and maybe 
necessary, to do things that certainly do not follow a purpose on first 
hand. If something appeals me and a camera is at hand, no thinking or 
questioning, just shooting. Maybe ideas, questions, answers come. Or not.

Pancho

frank theriault schrieb:

> Boris' recent PESO (or was it a PAW?) featured at least two questions
> along the lines of the above subject line.
> 
> Which got me to thinking:  What difference does it make?  I very often
> take photos which, ~at the time I take them~, I have no idea "what I'm
> trying to say".  I just take them, look at them later, and if I like
> them, I print them.
> 
> Is that wrong?
> 
> Why does no one ask that question when they see a gorgeous photo of an
> equally gorgeous sunset?  What does a sunset have to "say" (except
> perhaps, "isn't this beautiful")?
> 
> I'm not being critical of Boris' two questioners, or in any way
> implying that they ought not to have asked the questions, I just don't
> understand why I see it asked so often with regard to some
> photographs.
> 
> cheers,
> frank


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