Yesterday as I was going through some photos of winter scenes that I shot a few weeks ago, I was taken with the following simple lesson in perspective.
It’s a lesson that applies to photography as well as problems.
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Sometimes the simplest things look complex & confusing when you see them up close. For instance, here is a tangle of brown tree branches covered in white snow.
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Step back, add a bit of a blue sky and the snow-covered brown tree branches begin to look less chaotic. In fact, from this angle the tree branches appear more organized & interconnected.
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Expand your perspective again and the snow-covered brown tree branches in the foreground become incidental to the clear blue sky that forms the background.
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The simple lesson here?
By putting a little distance between you and whatever, you’ll see the big picture. And from that vantage point, we can only hope, you’ll understand what’s really going on.
THE SPECTACLED BEAN 
A solid lesson presented in brilliant fashion. Thanks.
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Well, my goodness, aren’t you flattering? Thanks.
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WOW!!! Way to go! Great perspective on life!!
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Hey there Becky! Thanks. Occasionally I can wax philosophical. 😉
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So true! Not being a “big picture” kind of girl myself, I can relate. I get so bogged down by minutae so often. “Can’t see the forest for the trees”, as it were…!
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nance, I am forever worrying over some detail of something that I’m doing somewhere. I think that’s why when I saw these photos side-by-side I was taken with the idea of looking at the big picture.
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I’m definitely not a big picture person, so I loved this post. However, I thought that all the photos were gorgeous; is there beauty in the small and chaotic as well as the large and imposing? 🙂
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Thanks Margaret. I believe that there’s beauty in the small and chaotic, but when I want to accomplish something I get so hung up on it that I forget to see the big picture. *sigh*
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Truest of wisdoms, Ally Bean! (I am sorry, I love saying your name.) Wonder why I liked the more chaotic picture the best? But you are so right–perspective and space and distance enlightens us in a way we so often need to feel right in the world again.
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Kathy, I liked the chaotic one, too. Details fascinate me which is great; but often times they lead me down the path to indecision. Somehow I need to learn to balance the details with the big picture, I guess.
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