In Which I Solve A Mystery (or something like that)

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

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Life. 
I often wonder where the past days I have lived have escaped to. 
I wish I could just grab a piece of real Time, hold it in my hand, examine it. 
Control it. 
Time can't be controlled. It won't listen to me. I can't tell it to stop. 
But the one thing I can control (in fact, one of the only things I have leave to have full control over) is myself. Time is not the culprit when it slips past.
Every moment of Time waisted is my fault. 
Yes me.
I am the one who takes it out and uses it for things it does not need to be used for.  
I am the one who throws away valuable moments at the rate of sixty seconds per minuet. 
I am the culprit.
Mystery solved. 
I may not be able to stop time, but I can stop myself. 
Stop myself from waisting the Time God has given to me. 
And I can stop myself from missing a moment of Time.
Watching Time (even when it is speeding past) is one of the sublimest (can that be a word?) pleasures I know. 
To stop everything; to focus on a single moment. 
There is something special about that. 
I think that is what I love about photography.
I can stop myself in a moment in Time. 
Look at it over and over again. 
That is one of the reasons I am a photographer. 
Now that I really think about it. 
Stop myself to watch Time.
 Even though I can't control the seconds, minutes, and hours of the day, I can stop and watch Time in all its glory, in the form of thousands of pixels weaved together to make one moment.
One moment. 
Held forever. 

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~Mackenzie Hope~ 

9 comments:

  1. You inspire me, Miss Mackenzie. Wow. Look at all of this loveliness!

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  2. Good post, Mackenzie dear. Good, good. "I can stop and watch time in all it's glory"... yes! Photography definitely teaches a person how fast time flies, and how much he should treasure every moment of it.

    First and second picture? Wonderfulness. =D

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  3. Mackenzie, your photos never cease to astound me. I'm speechless. The stills especially of you and your sister and brother by the beach during golden hour = *swoons*

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  4. You're ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome, that is. Watching time... hm. I love your philosophy!
    And goodness... those pictures? O_O
    The ones of Delaney by the beach leave me speechless. Truly.

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  5. Oh My Goodness Captain!!! These are amazing! I especially love the first one! Your wonderful!!!

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  6. ok you have got skills beyond measure. you are so amazingly talented! i love all of these :) btw you are stunning :)

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  7. Beautifully written, and so true. All of these pictures are amazing too. <3
    I really love your new blog design! It goes perfectly with your photography and writing.

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  8. Ok. Your photography. i really really really can't handle it. It's beautiful, so deep and full of life and uggggghhhhhh amazing. So happy I found you. this is probably one of my favorite posts i've ever found. it's sooooooooo rich and gorgeous. thank you

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    1. Elizabeth, thank you so much for your oh-so-sweet comment, it really made my day.

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