Digital Common Sense

Before she took off to parts unknown for more important things the other day, Shelley left us with this thought.

The Specks have been seen quite a bit here lately, and they make an obvious point. However in a case of life mirroring art, or perhaps to prove it does, let me share the real thing with you.

The above picture was found in a BBS news story. It’s actually “A swirling image of a peregrine falcon sweeping into a flock of starlings has won Manuel Presti this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. ” And well done it is. The winning pictures, as always, are pretty fabulous this year.

And both signify the same thing…the feeding frenzy that is the net. Millions of starlings, surfing the net mindlessly, aimlessy, sometimes even foolishly. But too often, they fall prey to someone or something bigger or faster.

This moment of clarity brought to you just because. The feeding frenzy can now continue.

Amended later in the evening - Doing some other work this evening, I searched for an old post from long ago and stumbled across - Once You Recognize… - a post from last March that reinforces my thoughts here.

Filed by Ken at 5:27 pm under General