Live In Contrast: Haiku

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Haiku

Single digit high
Feels even colder with wind
Chicago winter

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Burr...however, I remember a day back around 1994 when the daytime high was -10 degrees F. The wind made that feel even colder. I decided to dress up and go to the parking lot at lunchtime and start my car. I wasn't certain that it would start if I left it sitting for my entire shift in that kind of weather. Night time was even colder (-25 F). Praise God for attached garages!!

Warm thoughts coming your way.
Love, Dad; January 19, 2008 at 10:58 PM

On Light, Contrast, and Focus

Focus draws our attention to something and makes it clear. It helps us to perceive what is important and what is insignificant. It allows us to recognize things as they are and to see them in rich, accurate detail.

But focus is impossible without both light and contrast.

In darkness, no subject is visible, so attempting to focus is futile. It doesn't matter how good your focus might otherwise be, without a source of light, you cannot see anything clearly.

We need contrast to provide definition as we attempt to focus. A well-illuminated subject that lacks contrast no longer provides the information necessary to adjust our focus, resulting in a vague, unclear image, void of detail.

My goal is to be a lens through which God focuses His light on creation, showing how His ways live in contrast to our own, in order that I may learn to do as He does.