Chaos and Beauty

Change can be a good thing. I went to lunch the other day with my mentor and he made the comment that he thought it was funny that we always sat in the same place whenever we ate lunch. Not only did we sit in the same location, but the other students that he mentored all had their designated areas that they always seemed to return to whenever they met.

We are creatures of habit....aside from a select group of individuals in society, many of us prefer the safety that comes from knowing exactly what is coming and exactly how a situation will play out. We prefer structure to chaos. As the joker notes in The Dark Knight, we can handle most stressful situations so long as everything goes "according to plan." Chaos is generally an unsettling idea.

I am constantly surprised how much chaos has played into some of the most memorable moments of my life. Whether it was those family vacations that went completely against plans but ended up being some of the most intriguing, to those states of emotional distress that eventually revealed themselves to be some of the most maturing moments, to those instances of national or personal tragedy that are followed by intense unity...beauty seems to always find a way to insert itself into chaos.

Perhaps life would make a lot more sense and seem a lot more beautiful if we could simply let go of our desire for complete control.......



This photo is my representation of Chaos and Beauty...it was a spur of the moment thing...and I remember looking at it afterwards going, "huh...that was definitely not what I was expecting to get when I took that." So I suppose the real question is whether or not it takes a good eye to enjoy photography or if sometimes you simply get lucky and capture a good photo.

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