These long exposure photos were taken in high winds and even though I wasn't using a tripod (leaning on the environment) the camera was constantly being blown and the slightest movement resulted in blur. Not only was it hard to get a shot but, it was really, really cold.
Dealing with the conditions is something humans have excelled at, it is how we involve ourselves in our own evolution as we are not as sensitive to the climate or food sources as other animals for we can build shelter, make clothes, grow and store food for long periods of time. We can also easily shift and transport as our needs change. The upside of this environmental stability is also a downside, psychological stability.
We get so accustomed, so reliant on this stability that we forget that turbulence and randomisation affects, that there is a lot outside of our control. Due to relative stability, our environmental sensitivity has diminished and dulled and sometimes, even though the winds are blowing and the sands are shifting, we fail to notice and when it does buffet us, we are unprepared and surprised.
Society runs in phases and cycles, some are localised that affect a segment of the entire population and some are global shifts where we are all touched directly by the winds. Do you feel the changes coming? Are you aware that we are approaching some kind of convergence, a tipping point where what has held the stability in the past is going to stress so much it will break? Are you prepared for it?
Will you be blown backwards or will you lean into the winds and keep stepping forward?
Taraz
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