2013 Rickmansworth Waterway Festival 2. Delighting in Details
In the hustle-bustle and general animation of visiting a Festival like the ‘Ricky’, I tend to experience a kind of ‘global contentment’, and I’m happy just to drift through the crowds, chat with our kids and generally enjoy the colours, sights and sounds in a mildly unfocused kind of way.
Often the hidden gems of the day are only revealed in retrospect, when I look back through the photographs I’ve taken in a more focused and attentive way.
In many ways I suspect it’s these delightful details, these contrasts that are unconsciously at the root of my sense of well-being and contentment as I wander around…