The Camera

 I have a friend who takes camera pictures of Central Park.  They are all quite well framed, and speak of one or another mood of the park.  But they also speak of the interior life of the photographer.  The camera is the way his soul looks at the world at that moment.  It speaks of his own emotional condition at that moment.  That is why he took that picture at that exact time.  The camera is a way of praying.  Each scene reveals something of nature and of the human condition that is part of it.  On the periphery of Central Park are some very tall buildings, beautifully designed from some years ago when the outside of a building, its appearance, was important.  When you take a photo you are being touched by the world you see and the picture is how the world touches you and those who see it.