Power of an image... Sure it is!
Olivier Dutfoy
Deputy Manager for HPC project - Head of Project Contol Team chez EDF Direction Industrielle
While practicing my running on a Sunday morning after a lovely evening (as lovely as a long hoped #unexpected_event can provide), I got stunned by the view over Paris ‘skyline. Despite my willingness to keep fit, I stopped, took a picture and resume my sport practicing once done.
How surprised I got, when I saw the picture! In the foreground… a flower stood straight, hiding a bit my skyscrapers! How come she has appeared on my picture?...
As a matter of fact, this frail and common flower has not appeared... She was standing there right at the beginning of the photo process! but I had not noticed her at this time, as I had mainly focused over the skyscrapers. Just as G. O’Keeffe had said #Paris_exhibition #Why_not_come_back_to_Paris ! She had painted big flowers to ensure people’s attention over these tiny beautiful products of Nature. Same with the photography, where the flowers have raised themselves as tall as the tallest buildings of Paris and then had been ultimately noticed… by me.
Unexpected picture…. I often look at it to calm myself down, when too much focused on professional targets. This frail flower reminds me that a walk in Beauty may be a life direction much stronger than all the concrete the proud skyscrapers are made of. This is the #power_of_an_image.
To keep this message running into yourself, print it through a #Xerox machine and store it into your pocket, in case you’re in the want of inspiration.