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Monday 25th January 2010 @ 12:00 am

 

 

What a brilliant photo!

I love it - I love wolves (second to tigers they are the coolest animals on the planet) ...

This photo WON the wildlife photo of the year 2009.

 

Except it didn't.

It's a trained wolf called from Oissin from a zoo in Canada.

see the story here ...

 

It made me sad though ... because on the face of it, it looks like an incredible achievement; a winning stroke of good fortune, skill, patience and creativity all rolled into one. But actually, it's just one big lie.

 

Is there a lesson for anyone here?

of course ...

The photo still took a lot of skill - a lot of patience, knowledge, lighting, set-up, and more creativity than was first thought!

But because of the lie involved, it is all discredited. Total failure. No credit for everything that is good. Sad.

So how I am living small lies? How am I discrediting the genuine, good, honest, 'giving-it-a-go' aspects of my small existence?

Failure is OK. Trying is fine. Not making it sometimes is understandable ... as long as it all is wrapped up in authenticity. And so I walk into today, and into the rest of the week, trying to remember the inspiration from this photo - admiring the beauty of the subject, but all too aware that because it was living a lie, it's now just a disgrace.

God - let your people live honestly. Amen.

 


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