“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” Napoleon Hill
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond… The Woolworth Building & a Frank Gehry Building downtown Manhattan, NY
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond… BMW Headquarters in Munich
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond… Black Forest with Alpsee view
“Vision – It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.” Robert Collier
I think of this line often… “Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” Yes, we are powerful but we must not abuse it or use it to hurt others. What we see and experience from our view up on a tall building, that sense of being on top of the world, might not be as great as what waits for us out there; beyond our limited vision of a much larger landscape. The rest is vanity…
Above is the Woolworth Building and beyond it is Brooklyn with the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges in view. I took this from the top floor of 7 World Trade Center. The BMW building was fun to shoot. I was in the Olympiaturm across the way and kept trying to capture the cylinders without too much sun reflection. I wonder what that light green building in the back is… any idea Frizztext? I took The Black Forest shot from Neuschwanstein Castle and it shows; Alpsee with locality of Hohenschwangau in front; 19th century Hohenschwangau Castle on a hill with Schwansee behind it on the right (west); town of Alterschrofen with town of Füssen behind it; core of Schwangau in front of large Forggensee reservoir. (wiki).
“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” Voltaire
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond… Cathedral in France
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond… Seattle from top of the Space Needle (Olympic Mountains in background)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond … Manhattan view of midtown from downtown. Chrysler building in the rear.
“I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it’s an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I’ve learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them.” Sasha Azevedo
I was visiting a little modern museum on the grounds of Willem de Conqueror’s Castle in Caen when I ventured up a stairway and there, before me, was a fantastic view of the entire city below. It was awe inspiring and there was a powerful presence in that captured moment; the way the old warriors might have felt after conquering a nation and viewing it from a hill top. I had the same experience looking at Manhattan from 7 WTC, and at the Seattle landscape from the Space Needle … such magnificence. Yet, I wonder why else we are so captivated by the view beyond. What are we looking for? I’ve added some information to the photos. Thanks for your feedback! More below!
