Details, Details

Vor genau einem Monat liess ich mein Knie operieren. Der Heilungsverlauf ist zufriedenstellend. Im Moment besuche ich zweimal pro Woche den Physiotherapeuten; und zwar zu Fuss! Ich benötige im Moment noch Krücken. Das Fotografieren ist in dieser Situation etwas mühsam. In Neudeutsch sagt man dem „entschleunigt“. Zu Fuss bzw. an den Krücken fallen mir Details auf, die mir auf dem Fahrrad oder mit dem Auto nicht auffallen. Krücken haben also doch einen Vorteil…

Exactly one month ago, I left my knee surgery. The healing process is satisfactory. At the moment I visit twice a week physiotherapists; namely on foot! I need at the moment crutches. Photography is a bit tedious in this situation. In new speak people call that "slow down". On foot or on crutches I notice details that do not stand out to me on the bike or by car. Crutches have thus nevertheless an advantage.

 

Ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte…

This is a German proverb that means „A picture is worth a thousand words”.  Below you see an image (black and white) with a tremendous amount of information about, guess what, my left knee. However the information I see is not that much. Only my surgeon saw a lot of useful information about my knee. The result is: Actually I am in a hospital where I’ve got a partial, artificial replacement of my left knee. Up to now all went well. And I am quite optimistic.

My surgeon explained me what kind of information he got from this picture (well it is a bunch of pictures from a so called Magnetic Resonance Imaging) I was/am quite surprised. And my conclusion is: When I take a photographic picture this on only on part of the story. The other one is, what sees the beholder? Is he able to decode the information that is contained in a picture?