At a glance: Henri Cartier-Bresson

In a world that is buckling under the weight of profit-making, that is overrun by the destructive sirens of Techno-science and the power-hunger of globalization - that new brand of slavery - beyond all that, Friendship exists, Love exists.

                                                                         Henri Cartier-Bresson

Romania 1975

"Let our scars fall in love"

So little of what one is threads itself through the eye of empty space.

Nevermind.
The self is the least of it.
Let our scars fall in love.

—

From The book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

Some of the people along the way.

In waiting for these images to load I began thinking about the things we can learn from those who enter our lives. And how, if we are open to it, we can learn from every person that we meet no matter the duration or extent. It is not always easy. It requires humility, empathy, and the practice of love.