Discernment

Once in a while I will see a photograph that reminds me of what I call a Mona Lisa Moment.

Like the painting, they are rare, but when they occur I could contemplate them for, well, maybe forever.

I like it when someone is caught unaware, their naked thoughts exposed to whoever sees them and yet, further contemplation reveals that those thoughts are absolutely ephemeral.

Are they pleasure? Ego? Amusement? Awe? Bafflement? Cynicism?

And what if it is one of the above, what does that smile say about it?

It is an entire novel in one picture. Truly one of those pictures worth a thousand words.