Autumn

Winding up and winding down. Autumn is officially upon us. With school starting and so many people back from their summer holidays, much is beginning. Time to refocus, look ahead, dig in. At the same time, with Fall comes the transition to Winter and the end of the year. The final lap before we reach the traditional measuring anniversary of December 31st. Last chance to affect the composition of the photograph that will most certainly be taken, if not by us, then by others. Did we succeed or fail? Learn anything?
I see in Autumn's dual nature not a choice but a tension. A tension between looking forward and looking back. Winding up and winding down. These are not opposites. Some things need to wind down in order for something new to begin. We do not have to ransom the future to the past in order to learn from the past and possibly change the future. Winding up and winding down belong together.