Day 40 - Waiting & Watching

Device: Nikon D3100

Lens: 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Focal Length: 48mm

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/2 sec

ISO Sensitivity: 200

SW: LR3

Location: São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil

I was at the praça de São Francisco just playing my harmonica, smoking a cigarette and just watching as people passed me by, without as much as a second glance. I asked myself, what was it that they were thinking? Where were they going? Had they been productive today or had they wasted it away? Did they laugh, cry, or even feel anything at all today? I always found it interesting that, as part of the human condition, we are consumed by our problems. As big or as small as they may be we let them suffocate us. Some people do not understand my tattoo, Cedo Nulli; they think it is some cocky, arrogant, prick move when I tell them it means I yield to no one. To me it means so much more, it is empowering. I refuse to become a victim of circumstance, the past cannot be changed, and I will not let it control my future, I will not stop because someone tells me I cannot do it, or because there is something in the way. I once read that every interaction is an equation S+R=O (Situation + Reaction = Outcome), and if you do not like the outcome of any given one then the power is yours to change it. You cannot change a situation but you can change your reaction.  And by changing your reaction you change the overall outcome. I know I may be boring you with this rant of internal locus of control but, grrrr, it just irks me when people find ways to blame everyone else rather than taking the reins and changing their course. Today’s picture is not really aesthetically pleasing but for me it is pensive, all these thought were running through my head at that precise moment.