Crumpled Notebook

So, there was a beautiful sunset tonight. However, I don’t have a picture to show you. Did my camera break? Nope. Did I forget it at home? Nada. Am I bitter that my new cell phone doesn’t have a camera on it? Maybe a little, but again, that’s not why.

So, I’ve had this new theory lately that I miss out on a lot of things by taking pictures and videos and all the such. You just don’t get the same experience behind the lens I think. I mean, I think it’s great that you have that photo to capture a memory, but not taking the time to enjoy the beauty and instead focusing on what angle would give you the best shot and manipulating the environment, just takes so much away from it sometimes.

So I’ve stopped becoming so dependent on taking my camera everywhere. Don’t get me wrong. I love taking pictures and I’m not going to stop doing that, but a couple pictures should suffice.

So anyway tonight, there were some very picturesque moments. There was a couple (I presume) sitting on the side of the cliff over the beach as the sun was sitting. It was basically the back of them, their silhouettes. Granted, when I walked down there, they looked a little punk-ish and didn’t seem to fit with the silhouette version I saw, but all the same.

I think I also figured out what I love about living here so much. I mean, yes, it’s beautiful, but I don’t get out nearly enough to really enjoy or appreciate that beauty. I think what it is, is that it reminds me of some of my favorite childhood memories, which was spending summer vacation in Florida. Not that the beaches here are anything like Florida, but the ocean smells the same, the tides roll the same and people just stop what they are doing sometimes to enjoy the beauty of it. There is rarely a night that goes by that my sunset watching spot isn’t full of cars. People just sitting there watching it. Granted, you have to look a little harder in Florida to find that natural beauty, but it’s still there. Anyway, those are just times I miss. Happy family times before things just got complicated, as life does when you get older I suppose.

Tags: beach, childhood, florida, monterey, pictures, sunset