Macro Photography - Turtles All The Way Down
My entry into the Macro Photography challenge hosted by @juliank this week (22nd March 2018) is a very cute, quirky and degrading nut on an industrial container... This tiny, rusty, peeling bit of metal and paintwork featured an amazing amount of detail. And in the centre of this weather-beaten little spot, is what looks like a teeny turtle to me. The central circle (or shell!) was no bigger than my little fingernail...
Turtles All The Way Down by Jay Taylor
(A student asks his teacher, "Master, what does the world sit on?" The teacher says, "It sits on a big turtle." The student asks, "What does the turtle sit on?" The teacher says, "Another turtle." The student asks, "Well, what does that turtle sit on?" The teacher says, "Another turtle." The student asks, "What does that turtle sit on then? The teacher yells, "Don't you get it?! It's turtles all the way down!)
I love to see the process of decay at work; to see those lines between creation and destruction that we think of as being so linear just blurring and slipping away…life is amazing!
| Category | Macro Photography |
| Settings | 15.6mm - ISO 80 - f3.5 - 1/100 sec |
| Camera | Olympus C70Z |
| Location | Hithercroft Industrial Estate, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
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Jay x
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This is SO beautiful Jay. Love the very fine whispy lines. And the moon-surface textures. What an eye for beauty you have to see and photograph this. Time to fly with the angels. Have a wonderful weekend. ♥︎🦋♥︎
Thank you, Ally - I love them too!! I LOVE finding these little beauties, and I do see them everywhere! Sending you lots of love, my friend, Jay xx
Interesting photograph @jaytaylor. I agree it does look like a turtle.
Do you understand the meaning of the "It's turtles all the way down" story? I've never understood it. 😊
Thanks, Gillian. I was delighted to find him. A few months later I returned and his shell had fallen off, bless him!
I do understand the 'turtles all the way down' story, although it's one of those weird, timeless, multi-dimensional parables that have the capacity to morph meanings depending on the head and heart space I'm in when I reflect upon it. Currently, it speaks to me of the frustration which can occur when attempting to describe the indescribable, and the futility of attempting to do so - one frequently ties oneself up in knots or backs oneself into a corner whilst simultaneously realising the ridiculousness of trying to explain the inexplicable! It's also a pointer towards the exponential way in which answers generate more questions in the inquiring mind, and the difficulty faced when endeavouring to help people with their busy, always-inquisitve minds. I could probably sit here and reel off several more 'meanings', but I'll stop before I prove the point exactly with my ramblings! 😂
I think you have hit the nail on the head with your explanation of the 'turtles all the way down' story @jaytaylor
It certainly does feel like "attempting to describe the indescribable".
I've always focused on the punch line i.e. 'it's turtles all the way down', but reading your explanation makes me think that see the story as a whole is more useful. The questioning and answering aspect. I haven't considered it from that point of view before. But the I think I've only heard it spoken with just the punch line so reading the full story gives it a different context. And like, you I feel, I'm beginning to ramble now so I'll stop too 😂
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