My Chat with a Photographer

As I was sitting at the window watching the sunset, I noticed several light flashes. The flashes didn't bother me, but I was aware that there was someone witnessing the same beautiful sunset. So I stepped outside to find a man photographing the fleeting light. I then said to him, "Sometimes it just feels better to live in the moment." He asked if he was bothering me. I said no.

I asked if he was a professional photographer, and he said he was. He then explained that was the reason why he was "biased" (against living in the moment).

I thought this all a bit sad. As the light faded and the photographer left in his Mercedes, I thought that maybe his quest was indeed noble: To show this light again. But how sad this is, to settle for a small photograph in a frame when we could have taken the time to really experience the real sunset.

I was thinking before he took the pictures, that it could be the one of the last amazing sunsets around he for a while. Considering this I thought it better just to sit there and look.