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Walk all the way around this rock
with your camera, seeing its shapes
and shadows,
feeling its weight, choosing its
best face.
You will find, I promise, an angle
you can use
and a background to harmonize.
But if you leave your camera at home
and sit where your hand can touch
the rock
from time to time and feel its
warmth
and watch it through the changes of
an afternoon,
very slowly you will begin to hear
the small sound it whispers, a
rhythm it sings
to itself and to the sun, and
gradually,
slowly, it will join the rhythm of
your breath
and sing you picture after picture
of the earth it rests in and the sun
it loves.
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