Jude Marion
kind of blue
There is something miraculous about this photograph. And I mean miraculous in the oldest sense of the term.
The word miracle comes from the Latin miraculum, meaning ‘an object of wonder.’ It’s a variant of an even older term, mirari, meaning ‘to marvel at, to experience wonder.’ At some point in the 11th century the term got muddled up with religion and miracle came to refer to ‘a wondrous work of God,’ but in its purest form it just alludes to something astonishing.
When we look at an object of wonder, whether it’s the work of a photographer or some other god, we admire it. That also comes from the same root term: ad + mirari: to ‘look at with wonder.’ Perhaps the most common (though still marvelous) object we look at with wonder is a mirror. Would anybody be astonished to learn ‘mirror’ also comes from the very same Latin root word?
A mirrored surface. An admirably mirrored surface. A miraculous admirably mirrored surface. There is wonder here, layers of wonder. Take your time; experience them all.
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