fragility as encounter with reality

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External hard drives don't bounce. I wouldn't recommend letting one get snagged by the cords as one moves from a chair and watching it be yanked from a table top to even a carpeted surface before a mid-air snatch can be done to anyone. It was a full 1 TB. I was in the process of moving files from it to another new one to create a different organizational arrangement of files. I had not gotten far. My computer does not recognize it's old friend anymore. This happened late in the evening last night so that I had time to call only a few data recovery services and go to bed with sticker shock for recovery costs dancing through my dreams all evening. I did not wake rested.

 

It has been an interesting exercise of letting go...of knowing the potential of a few years worth of work and a lot of personal household data 'filed' for 'safety' might be as these bubbles ... floating gently by before bursting at the slightest touch.

 

I am confident that it all can be safely and securely recovered...for a sizeable fee. Yet it is this encounter with Reality writ large that for me leaves me feeling quite reflective about what is important and what I can let go of in this moment in time.

 

This image was taken during that time when I was trying to capture bubbles for a Macro Monday theme a few weeks ago. I added a black and white filter to the image and brought the color of the bubbles back in using a layer mask. I figured I would find the 'right' moment to upload this one.

 

Now seems as good as any...

Done