09 August 2010

Tokeawa Stream


I leaned over the railing of the bridge and looked down at the swift, rushing Tokeawa Stream. While I don't share Heraclitus' reputed contempt for humankind, nor his apparent fixation on dualism, I do think his famous aphorism about rivers (mouse-over the photo), despite being an oversimplification of what he actually said, expresses a universal truth.

[7 August 2010, Canon 20D, 300 mm f4 L IS, ISO 100, 1/25 at f6.3]

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3 comments:

  1. Ruahines9 August 2010 at 19:53

    Kia ora Pete,
    As a Ruahine river walker of many years I have to agree with that. However subtle the river is never the same.
    Cheers,
    Robb

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  2. Zhoen10 August 2010 at 01:40

    Ah, philosophy. Could also be argued that the river is eternal, as is the Now.

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  3. Relatively Retiring10 August 2010 at 05:47

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