{"id":400,"date":"2009-01-24T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/01\/being-aware-of-the-means-with-which-we-construct-our-reality.html"},"modified":"2009-01-24T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T12:00:03","slug":"being-aware-of-the-means-with-which-we-construct-our-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/01\/being-aware-of-the-means-with-which-we-construct-our-reality.html","title":{"rendered":"Being aware of the means with which we construct our reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Photo was on the cover of the NYTimes this past Thursday morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3116\/3217738291_3113533454.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nPhotographer Doug Mills captured &#8220;a moment&#8221; of other people capturing &#8220;a moment&#8221;.\u00a0 In doing so he helps us understand the means by which our collective consciousness is built.\u00a0 The media through which we communicate will always dictate the limitations of expression, and so this photograph to me yells &#8220;This moment is beyond photography!&#8221;\u00a0 A rare concession for a journalistic photographer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Photo was on the cover of the NYTimes this past Thursday morning. 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