the awesome/terrifying freedom

first, a leaf. click for full resolution.



and here's the sleepy hollow postcard shot in full res.

slept yesterday. that's pretty much all i did. and i woke up this morning with that rare 'eyes wide open' feeling. god, i haven't had that in so long. ah, this is what it feels like to be aware in the world. read a story about how the invention of the light bulb had forever destroyed humanity's ability to get enough sleep. and thinking about it - we are all designed by evolution to sleep while it's dark, and get up when it's light, which means about 9 hours a night. nine hours a night!!! this is how the pyramids were built. we look at it now and can't fathom the accomplishment, but with nine hours of sleep every night, even as a slave, i'm surprised they weren't bigger.