Encounter T-Shirt

I encountered this baby whale while swimming with whales in the Silver Bank whale sanctuary. She gazed right into my eyes and soul.

Encounter

With your gaze,
Your generosity of spirit
Touches me
And connects me with
Your ancient past,
And your sensitive
Otherness.

Your curves and lines
Create alien
But pleasing shapes,
Speaking to me
Of another world,
Full of wisdom
Beyond
Our human comprehension

Louise Lindsay is a photographer, living in the Florida Keys, and spending some time in the mountains of North Carolina. She practices mindful photography, sometimes known as contemplative photography. Mindful photography involves the practice of being as fully present as possible in the moment of creating an image. The subjects range from landscapes, seascapes, street photography, macro and flower photography, to nature photography, to almost anything. Louise focuses on the encounter within the moment of creating the image, both her encounter with the "subject" of the image, and the eventual encounter a viewer has with the image. Such encounters include the varieties of emotions evoked, often different for each person. She is...