点评:Full confession, is It is not easy for me to write a travel review. When an experience has all the trappings of grand illusions, it is more complicated. What am I reviewing? The lodges that were selected for me? Intoxicating. Or the Bush Gin Bar? Did you know? The fine food? Or those that prepare it. “Benevolent people,” is a sentence. The images that I captured? Or things that captured me?
My guide, Johan. Should I write about him? Why this is my 5th trip with him as we plan the 6th? I found the perfect guide, or maybe he found me in a way. When the student is ready the teacher arrives. The right guide matches your pace, not your itinerary. Johan is patient with questions, generous with time. Funny as *#^-:). Attentive to the things I want to see. I say, “I want to experience the people.” And he takes me to the most enduring moments. I request a cooking lesson from the chef at our lodge, by afternoon I have one. Johan teaches me about my camera. Through those instructions, I learn something about myself; when to hold on to a moment and when to move past it. He insists. I learn my lens is a way of paying attention, not a substitute for it. Because in a place that asks nothing of me but my attention, I learn to be more present.
You know what?? I can tell you about the battalion of birds I saw from the helicopter. Or I could tell you that because of it I am going to get a license to fly one. And if all the pieces fit, perhaps buy one. I come home with more than photographs, I come home to my future. That is why I travel. With Wild Eye and Johan. To be inside the stillness that wakes me.
翻译:坦白说,写游记对我来说并不容易。当一段经历充满了美好的幻想时,就更难了。我到底在写什么呢?是那些为我精心挑选的度假小屋?令人陶醉。还是那家丛林金酒吧?你知道吗?是那些精致的美食?还是烹饪美食的人们?“善良的人们”这句话本身就足以概括一切。是我拍摄的照片?还是那些深深吸引我的事物?
我的向导约翰。我应该写写他吗?为什么这已经是我们第五次和他一起旅行了,而我们却还在计划第六次?我找到了完美的向导,或者说,某种程度上是他找到了我。当学生准备好了,老师自然会出现。合适的向导会配合你的节奏,而不是你的行程安排。约翰耐心解答我的问题,慷慨地给予我时间。他幽默风趣,妙语连珠。他总是关注我想看的东西。我说:“我想体验当地人的生活。”于是他带我体验了最难忘的时刻。我向度假小屋的厨师提出学习烹饪的要求,到了下午,我就如愿以偿了。约翰教我如何使用相机。通过他的指导,我更了解自己:何时该留住某个瞬间,何时该放手。他坚持不懈。我明白,镜头是专注的一种方式,而非替代品。因为在一个只要求我专注的地方,我学会了更加活在当下。
你知道吗?我可以跟你讲我从直升机上看到的那群鸟。或者,我可以告诉你,正因为如此,我打算去考个直升机驾驶执照。如果一切顺利,也许还会买一架。我带回家的不仅仅是照片,还有我的未来。这就是我旅行的意义。和“野眼”以及约翰一起。为了沉浸于那份唤醒我的静谧之中。