The Starfish Story
One night, on a sandy beach, a terrible storm started. It rained. The wind blew so hard that it shook the houses along the beach. The next morning was foggy and gloomy. Many starfish had washed up on the beach. A man named Buck walked out on the beach to look around. Peering into the mist he saw a young man walking along the beach. He was tall and slender. Buck saw him throwing starfish back into the ocean. Buck walked up to him and said, "Why are you throwing those starfish back into the ocean? They'll just wash back up on the beach again. It doesn't matter." Without a word the young man bent over, picked up a starfish, and threw it with all his might. It went way out in the ocean. The young man turned to Buck and said, "It mattered to that one." -anonymous-
Leica M9, 50mm f2
posted by dan in marin at 7:25 PM
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4 Comments:
The picture goes very well with the story. Did you have the story in mind when you took the picture, or did you take the picture first, and then realized that the story would go with it? :)
--Warren
No, took the image and remembered various stories about starfish and beaches and found this one.
Thanx Warren.
Dan,
This is a very nice picture. You could have used several prose to this picture, but i feel you did a wonderful job of matching the two together.
**Dolph
Ahhhh love the story with this! Reminds me of a young boy I saw in Vancouver, BC, who was searching the low tide rocks for all the starfish and tossing them into the pools. He didn't care if they looked dead or alive... Maybe he was thinking a similar note as this young man from the story: "It mattered to that one." Wonderful post :)
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