I See You: A Moment with Bill Reflection

Amazing... Simply amazing. This article touched my heart it makes me want to take more pictures of my friends and the awesome times we have had together. Blessings

Hi Bill - You come up with the most interesting revelations and ideas that surprise us and make us think. When I take a photo of someone, that person means a lot to me, and I love to look at them again. Mostly, the ones that matter are the friends and relatives. A bond develops, and I do see them, and they see me. I took photography once and wish I had taken more courses. Looking at Pinterest is exciting for me. Thanks for sharing these ideas, Bill, as only you can do. Sharing, Blessings, Audrey

Bill

Loved the concept. That each time we look at another person we can see a reflection of ourselves, lets make it the good bits, the things we want to pass on.

Lawrence

I like the deep message here. I am usually not one interested in much small talk. When I open up to do one I find a committed friend.

To really "see" is to know and understand. Nothing will ever break that down, which is why humanity is failing as a race now, and if we are not careful, will be gone, just like the Incas.

A lovely article, Bill. I like how you drew from what the photographer experienced. I love taking pictures with my friends, once I have gotten to know them. Sometimes, when I just meet a friend for the first time I'll take a photo in case I never see them, again. I don't think a lot of people, today, grasp the importance of photos as more than entertainment. I hope your article helps those people "get it."

This is such a wonderful reminder of the importance of really seeing each other. By the way, I love Ted Talk too. I actually wrote a hub showcasing one of the topics. I like how you took this Photography topic and brought such meaning to it. What is life really if we don't see each other.

beautiful, unselfish, sane and profound reflection.. with you I've learned that a person's reflection says a lot about their self confidence...

I see you & you see me but do we really?

Very profound words Bill. If only we could really take those images to where they really matter, our heart and make a bond as you say, the world would be so peaceful for we would only see ourselves in others.

Magnificient writing as always my friend. Voted up and awesome and sharing this lovely message.

Have a nice day.

This is really profound and true. We are all connected and when we make that connection with another, it is like we finally get it. You are them and they are you. But some feel the connection more than others and what you stated really hits the mark. You finally see with an open heart, what reality really is and that is the biggest impression we can make as humans. Love, love, love this!!

Yes, this is so true, I'm thinking of my parents, family, friends, still seen through my childhood eyes. Long gone they are still with me as they gaze at me from black and white. I love the photographer story. Also reminded of poet Robbie Burns who wrote something like - oh would some power the gift to give us - to see ourselves as others see us - I have to wonder some time how I might rate through others eyes! (I'm finally back after travelling)

Simply exquisite......Dan Hill, whom I adore and that song goes through me like electricity....and my eyes fill with tears of some crazy kind of consuming emotions.....goosebump music.....that's what my sister and I always called it...as we sat sprawled across our beds, staring into space like the love struck school girls we were......singing at the top of our lungs

I view at least 2 or 3 Ted Talks a week.....they keep my brain in the "ON" position and urge me to know more.

This one is a masterpiece, bro.....I think I'll pull out the albums.....Thanks. UP+++ pinned & tweeted.

I was looking through some old photographs recently and decided to barely glimpse at them and then remember the people only through my minds eye. It is good to trigger the memory but I found that I like my mental pictures more. This is a great food for thought article, thanks

I think that is just a beautiful way of saying that we are all parts of the whole, Bill. Whether we accept it or not, we need to wake up and realize that it is true. As for the old family photos, my favorite is my mom's beautiful smile in the photo she had made to send to my dad in the army in 1942, and the caption "Your loving wife, _____".

P.S. he did come home.

Bill,

In order to put together a video to show during my mom's viewing, I spent a night going through pictures looking for the ones that I thought captured the essence of my mom. In the majority of the pictures, my mom is smiling, and so many folks who came through the day of her viewing/funeral said to me that the thing they always remember the most about my mom was her smile. And, I believe the reason is related to what you have written about in this hub: my mom's smile could be seen in her eyes. While cliché, the eyes are the windows into the soul, and when we share that window what a magnificent view there for all to see. Another beautiful hub and voted/shared as such.

Blessings,

Kim

Hi Bill,

What a fascinating story you told and so interesting. I have tons of photos when I think of it and love that I do. This hub has certainly made me think and about people, relationships and really opening one's eyes. Thank you my friend for this deep but awesome read. Have a lovely week my friend and hope you are feeling better after your trojan work on the aviary!

Bill, the older I get, the more I want to know that I mattered to other people and that they mattered to me. I think that relates to what you are saying here. I'll try to remember this every time I pick up a camera. It will be a good reminder of what is important.

I love this message, Bill! It speaks to my soul. Isn't that what we all want from friends and family, from our loved ones? To be seen and accepted for who we are just as we are in the moment. When all the walls and guards are down, are we still seen? And can that seeing overcome the differences?

Bill, this is exactly how I would love to see. Seeing and becoming a part of one another is a beautiful feeling. I loved this hub and I loved the concluding part " In order for that to happen...". This hub tells the difference between a casual looking and a real seeing. Very profound thoughts having great wisdom. I enjoyed and relished the hub with all my heart. Thanks for sharing such a beauty.

Good morning

Indeed Letting go of our issues allows us to see and be seen and to become a part of someone else for sure.

And often we can 'see' the lovely individuals as we read their writings, as they reveal what they value and believe and hold true.

Awesome awesome and awesome bill...what a lovely way to begin this Sunday morning

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Know that many Angels are headed to visit you and Bev this morning ps

Hi! Bill another great hub of yours. Funny enough, I always take photos of anything or people and family because I like seeing them after even if I have left them. I live away from my family and more often, I got photographs of them that I open now and again if I feel homesick. Awesome hub.

Excellent! Perfect! Your title even reflects the 'reflection'. What could be more perfect than photography, writing, observation and life?

I wish everyone could understand this profound message, could see others as you do. How can you wage war on someone when they're a part of you and you're a part of them? It only needs the right viewpoint, the right angle.

I'm getting a bit carried away here.... maybe I should be! Lovely words with a beautiful message, bill.

Have a great Sunday being a part of your world and your friends and family, as I'm doing with mine all these miles away.

More in the garden today whilst the sun lasts!

Ann :))

Long time no see but trying to get here as often as I can even if I have no time for comments; but looks like everyone is a little busy right now!

Great read and loved the photographer seeing himself in the woman's eyes. Really profound and deep and is what makes your story outstanding. Pleased I could get by to read it as you always give such food for thought and always a smile!

Up and shared.

Wonderful stuff Bill, I love the photographer and his story, so true. we do become part of other peoples lives and we do see them, wise words, have a wonderful Sunday, nell

Truly beautiful to read. I love the song too. They don't write such wonderful lyrics like that, these days. Thanks for sharing your photos too. (I'm hardly on HP these days, but hope to catch up with your Hubs).

Happy Weekend.

Wonderful hub Bill. I love the story of the photographer. When it comes to photos I would venture to guess that I have tens of thousands. Every now and then I pull out the old photo paper photos and start to go through them. It really is a walk down memory lane and makes me realize how many people have been a part of my life and vice versa. To me there is nothing quite like an old black and white photo from decades ago.

Have a great weekend and I do see you :)

I think it is so important to keep all those old family photographs so we can look at them again and again, and "see" ourselves in all of them. My children and grandchildren love to look through our old family albums to see and appreciate those who lived before.

"With my eyes wide open, I'm dreaming"....can we all dream and remember what we see? Seeing another person as you've pointed out is a profound experience. Just running by them leaves no impression. We need to SEE them.

This was really a deep, inspiring hub and one that should lead people to see and appreciate those around them. Sensei, you've done it again.

Voted all but funny.

This hub contains some very important ideas, Bill. Thank you for sharing them.

How can I see you, Bill? You're on the other side of a screen.

This is a great hub. I've heard the photographer story before, but it's one to hear more than once. Your point about acknowledging people as people is beautiful. Thanks for posting.

Absolutely loved this piece of yours and could not disagree on any of it. More so since we see each many faces and peep into many eyes every day with or without the lens but do we actually see their pain or joy or just see their physical self.

Happy Friday, Bill while I take this imp message with me over the weekend :)

Yes! I see you and I am happy to be in your life and happy you are in mine. Have a most wonderful weekend, my friend for life.

Another beautiful reflection. Great hub!

Yes, for sure. Beautifully said, Bill.

A book that for decades I have admired very much is LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN by James Agee, photographs by Walker Evans. They, too, lived among and got to know the families whose stories they told and showed. The book expresses "the innate worth and dignity of every person," as a Unitarian Universalist principle puts it.

Your reflections in this hub have implications for writers as well as photographers and artists.

What a unique way of understanding a simple complexity. Why do I feel like you have pulled my brain out of my ear like a large rubber band

and I am waiting for the automatic reflex, when you let go?

It is like looking into a mirror and seeing the reflection of a second mirror behind. The vision seems to go on and on, never ending.

Wow, what a revelation!

You have given us much to think about, this Friday morning.

Here's hoping you have a pleasant weekend.

DJ.

Oh, Bill, this is so wonderful! SO profound about the eyes (yes, I know the eyes are also the window to your soul)...like Sha, I, too, was VERY moved about the conversation between you and the photographer. 'I see you, thus you have become a part of me." Never ever thought of it that way!

You removing the shoe box from your closet could have been my closet...I have multiple, numerous photos which I just cannot part with.

I have often said journals tie a ribbon around memories, but SO DO PHOTOS!

If our house were on fire, I would rescue the cats and then the photos.

To me, photos are priceless. AND many ARE implanted in my heart.

When our very close friend Marge died in 2007, we had to go through her home before selling it-empty it all out and clean it. It sold in less than a month. The day before the closing I went through her home and took pictures of every single room, including the cellar. I had been visiting her home since age 5, and I wanted to take her home with me forever. I put all the pictures in a small album, and when I go through it I see Marge. And she sees me from Heaven. I PRAISE the person who invented photography.

THANK you for this wonderful story of awareness with our eyes.

By the way I wept listening to the song...when you mentioned it, I thought to myself, "I hope he posts the video!"

God bless always, voted up, beautiful and awesome...Sparklea :)

Good morning Bill. I think we all go through levels of understanding on how the world really works. You seemed to have reached a pretty high level balancing everything that is demanded of you and then sharing it with the rest of us.

Beautiful bill and very insightful! Sometimes when I read stories, fiction or non, or even articles where the writer is passionate about his topic, I can in a way see through the eyes of my heart a reflection of myself! This can be done through most of the art mediums! But photos or other visual arts sometimes pack a bigger punch! This was a good read this fine Friday morning!

Wow, Bill. Great, interesting facts about images and how I see you and you see me. I can see you through these lines also. These lines convey the images that are not posted here. These letters send signals to my heart first and then convert the feelings into images and I see you right in front of me.

Thanks for sharing this great emotional intelligence and feelings.

Simple science? Perhaps... a key to who and what we each are... Likely...

Profoundly insightful? Absolutely...

Thanks for the reflection, and stimulation of thoughts, on this end!! ;-)

So true. I have many photos in boxes in the garage. Someone once said you should not look at old pictures...and that depends on how you felt or feel about the people in the pictures. For me I feel it is best not to look back..because of certain things that have happened. I really enjoyed reading this and the reflections you have made.

What wonderful insights Bill. We need to see ourselves through others eyes too. There is a line in the chorus of the song "Freckles" by The Oakridge Boys..."I only want to see me through your eyes" that is appropriate. Oh, and Dan Hill was one of my favourite's too "Sometimes When We Touch" another of his. Have a good weekend.

Very nice, Bill. And yes, sometimes we really don't see one and the other, even when we're looking, and sometimes not seen for who we really are. But, we'll be seeing more of you—your willingness to share, to be seen. Have a great a weekend, and we'll be seeing you, again.

In so few words, Bill, you expressed a significant mantra for humanity. Thank you for reminding me of its importance. Have a great weekend.

I'm having trouble leaving comments today. Let's see if I can remember what I tried to post a minute ago.

This is both fascinating and eye-opening (no pun intended). I got goosebumps when you described the conversation between the photographer and his friend. What a profound observation!

Your "simple science" explanation is really rather complex. And to think that process happens in a nano second! (I almost said in the blink of any eye, but didn't want to throw in another unintentional pun)

In order to really see someone we need to open our minds and hearts and let the impression leave it's mark. It's kinda like the difference between hearing and listening.

You've given us food for thought, Bill. What a great way to end the week!