Webshots!

Advanced search

Log in to Webshots

Login

To Help Us See

rjscholten (Premium member) > albums > Magical Mystical Tour

Album Info:

Wow! The fog sure did not disappear! Just look how thick that stuff is. Like sea poop. I mean pea soup. Many years ago, my late grandpa would always say in Dutch ITS A SMALL WORLD, when it got foggy. And it does seem to make our world so small, aye? So why did I title this photo TO HELP US SEE? Well, it reminds me of a poem: “The fog has come again to help us see. Its visits seem to represent The times we’ve grown too confident That we are in control, and ought to be. The fog, rebutting, sets about to lift Bald Porcupine from out of the sea, From where we thought it would always be, Casting both the island and us adrift. No day is this to hoist the schooner sails. For how can helmsman navigate, Avert the shoal, traverse the strait, When what he counts upon-his vision-fails? It’s humbling—as I think it’s meant to be. When so much of our world’s concealed, There’s something of ourselves revealed. We need the fog to come to help us see.” ~ Fog by Jack Perkins (dsc_2178nx)

Invite a friend

Sample Email

Below is what we'll send to your friends to invite them - edit or remove the optional note.

Leave a comment

10 comments

Newest First | Oldest First

  • This photo definitely fits in with this very true poem.

    said photo of plegolas plegolas 2007.09.06 at 18:16:33 PDT

  • LOVE THE POETRY RANDY. KIND REGARDS SANDRA

    said photo of knuzdenwitch knuzdenwitch 2007.09.04 at 14:40:51 PDT

  • Very mysterious...kinda worried what may appear out of the distant mist???....

    said photo of worldtripper3 worldtripper3 2007.09.04 at 13:16:48 PDT

  • That rock to the left appears to have a face on it in the midst of the fog. I love the poem. It is a small world for sure.

    said photo of headrick headrick 2007.09.03 at 19:11:10 PDT

  • This is very beautiful work Randy.

    said photo of chrisrod100 chrisrod100 2007.09.03 at 13:09:00 PDT

  • Very thought provoking poem. Beautiful photo!!

    said photo of Helenkt7 Helenkt7 2007.09.03 at 09:30:54 PDT

  • Aye, it's a small world all right,as seen through the poem, when presuambly there was no such thing as Radar and GPS!! Did you ever feel, though, that some people see things with a constant in-a-fog viewpoint?

    said photo of mikesey mikesey 2007.09.03 at 04:37:17 PDT

  • Stunning!!!

    said photo of martinat61 martinat61 2007.09.02 at 22:03:35 PDT

  • Wonderful prose, I love the story of your Grandfather, and the image is wonderfully mysterious!

    said photo of ourjrny ourjrny 2007.09.02 at 21:25:35 PDT

  • WOW!! That is an interest poem!!... and so true. Thanks Randy

    said photo of leckie45 leckie45 2007.09.02 at 19:57:23 PDT

To be able to leave a comment please Log in or Sign up.