Re: [Leica] A japanese tale (was art, effort and so on)

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Carlos-
Interesting point of view! Maybe there is a Zen of Photography!
Dan

- -----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Blanco <cblanco@fibertel.com.ar>
To: leica <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 10:29 PM
Subject: [Leica] A japanese tale (was art, effort and so on)


>One day, the grandfather told his grandchild to tide up the garden. The boy
>then put all the stones arranged by size, swept the floor and trash every
>yellow leaf he saw in the garden. Then he called the old man.
>- no, it's not OK. I told you to tide up the garden -said the man rather
>angry
>
>The grandchild arranged every bounch of flowers, and the garden chairs, and
>the kettle and moved away an old timber that laid in one of the corners.
>
>When the grandfather saw him, he went to the garden, scattered the leaves
>everywhere, put the timber in its original position and disarranged the
>stones.
>
>it's a garden, my son -he said tenderly -and this is how it must be put in
>order. Because garden's order is that of nature and not of man.
>
>
>I think it's just the same with photography, don't you agree?
>
>carlos
>