Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This is the time of year when turkeys curse Native Americans for having first introduced them to the British Colonists!
That's how visitors can get to take over the place, LOL! It has sas happened all over the world with every race and ethnic group that survived!
Thanksgiving has a wonderful feeling for Americans as thanks and celebration for what one has in life, as opposed to what one lacks. It's when people take a break from the hustle and bustle to recognize each other and experience the warmth for friends and family.
We try not to think of the negative. All those bad things going on!
Things that horrify us (war, homicide attacks, young people sacrificed and people believing their team has some God-given destiny over everyone else,) are ancient in origin.
There are, however, right now, billions more people today than ever existed on this planet.
Why? Nothing today limits our growth. There is imbalance. We have, unfortunately, vanquished the (painful) controls that wiped out most infants and mothers, prunig the population: disease, hunger, wild beasts and the like. These cruelties are mostly historical oddities, except in sad places like Darfur.
We now, the visitors, threaten very existence of even our own lives on this planet. It may well orbit our ordinary sun for eons. But we, most likely, will play no part on it. In the end, the issues like arsenic in the water, methane in the sky and the loss of species diversity will collapse all the higher life forms.
Still, for now, as with the coming holiday seasons, we wouldn't know any of that. It's far too serious!
From November 1st, all the stores greet us like they really know us! Whether we like it or not, the bugles will sound for the silly toys and trinkets we get worked up about!
Nevertheless, we should indeed jump at these chances to celebrate. After all, recognition of what's valuable might make things worth protecting for the future.
This is my wish to all of us in OPF, to have a wonderful season of celebrations, revisiting ones kin and friends and seeing what we have is worth treasuring. I like to think that photographers will not only capture light, but also act as a lantern to for us.
So without further ado, Happy Thanksgiving and happy holidays to follow!
Asher
That's how visitors can get to take over the place, LOL! It has sas happened all over the world with every race and ethnic group that survived!
Thanksgiving has a wonderful feeling for Americans as thanks and celebration for what one has in life, as opposed to what one lacks. It's when people take a break from the hustle and bustle to recognize each other and experience the warmth for friends and family.
We try not to think of the negative. All those bad things going on!
Things that horrify us (war, homicide attacks, young people sacrificed and people believing their team has some God-given destiny over everyone else,) are ancient in origin.
There are, however, right now, billions more people today than ever existed on this planet.
Why? Nothing today limits our growth. There is imbalance. We have, unfortunately, vanquished the (painful) controls that wiped out most infants and mothers, prunig the population: disease, hunger, wild beasts and the like. These cruelties are mostly historical oddities, except in sad places like Darfur.
We now, the visitors, threaten very existence of even our own lives on this planet. It may well orbit our ordinary sun for eons. But we, most likely, will play no part on it. In the end, the issues like arsenic in the water, methane in the sky and the loss of species diversity will collapse all the higher life forms.
Still, for now, as with the coming holiday seasons, we wouldn't know any of that. It's far too serious!
From November 1st, all the stores greet us like they really know us! Whether we like it or not, the bugles will sound for the silly toys and trinkets we get worked up about!
Nevertheless, we should indeed jump at these chances to celebrate. After all, recognition of what's valuable might make things worth protecting for the future.
This is my wish to all of us in OPF, to have a wonderful season of celebrations, revisiting ones kin and friends and seeing what we have is worth treasuring. I like to think that photographers will not only capture light, but also act as a lantern to for us.
So without further ado, Happy Thanksgiving and happy holidays to follow!
Asher