Perspective

Perspective can be defined as a vantage or it can be used to define a relationship of an object with its surroundings.  This picture made me think about perspective in my life.  This building top is readily viewed at eye level on the UNC Charlotte campus from the entrance of the Bonnie Cone Center.  It is a long descent from this place to the doors of the buildings entrance.   This building is the home of the College of Health and Human services.  Perspective changes everything in the context of reality.  It would seem this building was close by but once you study the references you begin to understand the perspective it frames.  The tree tops the lamp post the clouds and sky all give clues but the walking reality is quite a different experience.  There is a torrent of construction chaos just outside view that must be navigated to reach this building and from this perspective you are clueless.  A long detour winds around through multiple staircases and walkways in order for one to arrive at its entrance.  Perspective would suggest that this is quite a different journey.    This lesson has given me reason to pause and reflect about so many things going on around me right now and I have to wonder about our perspectives.