Years ago, at a Metropolitan Museum Canaletto exhibit, there was a very clever pairing of photos taken from the exact place where Canaletto stood to make his paintings. The paintings showed facades of buildings on the intersecting canals that would not have been visible to the painter’s eye - Canalletto had distorted space and perspective to include them in his canal-scapes to enrich the detail - an early example of virtual space or surrealism. We live in bodies that are tethered to physical space. We obey calendars, and traffic signals, and we adhere as best we can to advice in keeping our frail bodies going. But, through our faith, imaginations, memories, senses of proprioception, hearing and smell we transcend into the spaces where real life occurs, and we can be guided by our own better, true natures, or perhaps the hand of God. Regardless of reporting the specifics, generalizations and statistics, you have already opened the portal into a deeper contact with the world that extends beyond the bounds of our personal lot. But, just the same, good luck.
Thank you, Bill, for your excellent writing and inspiration. As a community, cancer patients benefit from hearing the stories of success, failure, and finding hope. Sometimes hope is all we have. :) Blessings
Good luck, Bill, although I don't think you need it; your readers are all already benefiting from your apparently innate skill in this endeavor.
Years ago, at a Metropolitan Museum Canaletto exhibit, there was a very clever pairing of photos taken from the exact place where Canaletto stood to make his paintings. The paintings showed facades of buildings on the intersecting canals that would not have been visible to the painter’s eye - Canalletto had distorted space and perspective to include them in his canal-scapes to enrich the detail - an early example of virtual space or surrealism. We live in bodies that are tethered to physical space. We obey calendars, and traffic signals, and we adhere as best we can to advice in keeping our frail bodies going. But, through our faith, imaginations, memories, senses of proprioception, hearing and smell we transcend into the spaces where real life occurs, and we can be guided by our own better, true natures, or perhaps the hand of God. Regardless of reporting the specifics, generalizations and statistics, you have already opened the portal into a deeper contact with the world that extends beyond the bounds of our personal lot. But, just the same, good luck.
Thank you, Bill, for your excellent writing and inspiration. As a community, cancer patients benefit from hearing the stories of success, failure, and finding hope. Sometimes hope is all we have. :) Blessings