καιρός remembered

Looking inwards, looking outwards

A little girl staring inwards.
The expression on her face reveals that a mental process is underway, an activity of the brain. At the very moment this photograph was taken, I took a second photograph, which can be seen below. To be precise: both photographs were taken at 16:35 on 19 April 2013 in Bilaspur, India.

It is interesting to compare the two photographs. We notice that the girl’s inward gaze has suddenly shifted to an outward one. She is still sucking on the same blade of grass, but now all her attention is focused on something happening in the outside world, within her field of vision.

In these two photographs, we see a small child, captured at two rapidly successive moments in her early life. And we see a marvelous unity of body and mind at work in a process of alternating contemplation and observation, which will probably slow down somewhat over the years, but will essentially remain the same until the end of her days. This is what we call life.

Photos of the week: Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, India 2013