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We'd like to think our perspective matters.

We know that the law upholds our right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness', but that's just a cease and desist. What of us, really?

Do our thoughts matter?

our feelings?

What about our individual experiences?

'If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears...'

and, what does it mean 'to matter'?

Photos: 
1&2 - at the blessing of the fleet, City Island, NY (June 2009)

3 - butterfly on seathrift (my backyard)
4. my neighbor's garden gnomes
5 &6 - Zhongshan Park, Shanghai China (2007)
7. self portrait - Trinidad (2009)