Forever Changed

 Images or events can affect us deeply, and unwillingly be date stamped into memory. Attached to the memory of certain events, we are given vivid reminders of where we might have been, or who we were with, when we learned the news of an event. These memory date stamps are markers for our sense of perception. Some images we see can redefine our concept of perspective itself, and re-write the code we use to process all future incoming information. Things we learn from a profound realization become instinctively remembered, because they clarify even the view of our memory.

When the technology of a once modern man allowed us to view the earth from space, it literally elevated our perspective as a simple point of view. But the profound realization delivered with the image elevated the perspective of humanity. Without a word the image shows our love for discovery is stronger than our fear of the unknown. This is a picture of where each and every human being calls home. This is what the stars see when they look back at us, all of us. With such startling realization from a single glimpse, we are forever changed...

Written Text Copyright 2013
Archie Papa...


Image from NASA ~ Apollo 17   December 7, 1972.
Astronaut photograph AS17-148-22727
Apollo 17 Crew...Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evens, Jack Schmitt