An unexpected exchange

I don't consider myself to be much of a creative person even though I love art. I frequently find myself alone in reacting with emotion to certain pieces, so I tend to hold back my enthusiasm, maybe to avoid looking foolish.

Recently, I took a photo that somehow spoke to me. There was something about this one. I kept going back to it and enjoying it a lot. It is almost like a painting of a lonely person walking into the unknown - a bit how I feel these days.

Out of pure impulse, today I shared it on Twitter, partly because I wanted to find a name for it and partly because I wanted to know if someone else would see what I saw in it.

This was the tweet:

I got a few suggestions, some good, others funny. But one stood out: "Solitary steps in marginal visibility". I didn't expect that!

All I could answer back was "Impressive" to which I got the response "In essence this is a lovely photo of someone purposely striving forward alone in adverse conditions in the service of others."

I'm going to be thinking about this one for a while... thank you Graham Hurley.

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