See the Forest Through the Trees
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
I’ve always loved the saying, “Can’t see the forest through the trees”. I was reminded of that idiom today as I ventured off-trail into the 5″ of left-over fluff to check things out.
Instead of focusing on the snow conditions, I ended up training my camera on the bits of fresh snow delicately perched on the tree branches.
Then I started thinking more deeply about that phrase. What was I missing by focusing in too closely, and what does it really mean to ’see the forest through the trees’ or ‘not see the forest for the trees’? (more…)













