[-photography, poetry-]

by Nancy S.M. Waldman

it is, afterall, all about the sky

Originally uploaded by nuanc.

I took this photo last Sunday as I was pelting through New Brunswick trying to get home as fast as possible. Since I was driving and it was raining, I didn’t take time to compose the shot or focus it or choose it with care. The taking of it was as much about entertaining myself during a long drive alone as it was about trying to capture something of the amazing sky and the New Brunswick landscape.

When I uploaded this, I was immediately struck by two things. The proportion of sky to land and the tiny angled snippet of road in the lower right corner, with the even tinier cars and their miniscule headlights - all lost in the vastness of that sky.

It’s inspired this haiku:

I travel again this weekend.

take care, all

Originally published June 2006 in the Practically Creative blog