2:14am, I Ponder, What If?

Daniel Angeles

2:14am, I Ponder, What If?

Final of my 2:14am series ... maybe.

What If?
Two very intriguing words. I find it hard to think about all the different Lives in this world, and how you can only be one. ONE! in the trillions and trillions and trillions you could have been in the past and future and you are only One… it is amazing.
It beats at my mind, it proves how insignificant one life is no matter what you accomplish. You spend 80 or so years, if you’re Lucky, being this person, in this time, doing whatever it is you are doing and thats it. You have no idea what it would be like to be another person, in the distant past, future or in the now. there are 6 billion here in present time, You may think you are 1 in 6 billion, but when you put in all those that have once lived, going back to the first spark of human life up to now and then you add the many many MANY more yet to even be close to dawning this world you feel like nothing, a grain of sand against the largest Star, or even less.

Think of all those people you could be just by making one little change, If you made that green light, if you didn’t trip over that gutter, if you had eggs for breakfast instead of cereal today or if you never saw this image. It seems insignificant, but its something you will never know the effects of, all you know is what you are now because what you have or haven’t done. You are a completely different person because of it, it may not seem it but thats only because you do not know the other side of that moment that you just let blow unnoticed right in front of your eyes.

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2:14am, I Ponder, What If? by Daniel Angeles
2:14am, I Ponder, What If? by Daniel Angeles
  • Alixzandra

    Alixzandra

    I enjoy looking at your imagery and reading your words. What if indeed, karma, destiny…who knows! The photograph is as always serene, you/the tree hidden in the darkness and lit so blazingly by the warm lighting. This also (for some reason) came to mind when reading your words

    “To see a World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
    And Eternity in an hour.” William Blake

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Awesome poem. its quite beautiful.
    And Thanks so much, always love to hear from You.

  • Barbara Glatzeder

    Barbara Glatzeder

    I saw this :)) and I enjoyed reading what you had to say, too :)

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    you saw this? when?

    thanks so much, I tend to prattle a bit too much

  • RajeevKashyap

    RajeevKashyap

    Fantastic Capture

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thank you Rajeev.

  • sigfusson

    sigfusson

    Amazing colours here Daniel – very striking image and presentation. Cheers, S.

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thank you so much sandra

  • Tama Blough

    Tama Blough

    Another interesting and thoughtful piece. No wonder you don’t sleep.

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    “Of course I’ve been up all night! Not because of caffeine, it was insomnia. I couldn’t stop thinking about coffee! I need a nap….. Coffee time!” Phillip J Fry

    Thanks Tama, always appreciated.

  • kathy s gillentine

    kathy s gillen...

    awesome work

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thank you

  • nicholphoto

    nicholphoto

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Thanks so much. all You hosts are the best.

  • mimi yoon

    mimi yoon

    it’s time for me to shout

    W
    O
    W
    !!!

    i’m in love with this image, daniel !!!!!!!!
    :D

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    It’s Alright…. I’m no Mimi Yoon. Heard of her by any chance?

  • mimi yoon

    mimi yoon

    W
    O
    W
    !!!

    : )

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    deserves Two big bold ones ey? very kind of you.

  • Tim Sanders

    Tim Sanders

    Well done

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Thank you, much appreciated

  • oneperfectkiss

    oneperfectkiss

    Beautiful image. Wonderful words. x

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    glad you like em both. thanks so much.

  • autumnwind

    autumnwind

    I must agree with WOW. The image is spectacular – the words are extremely thought provoking and significant. Completely awesome. Love, Shar

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    You are very kind, thank you so much.

  • Mudsoldat

    Mudsoldat

    Perfect reflection of how we feel unwelcome at times…thanks for this inner view of ourselves mate. peace…MS

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    I could go on for days,
    thank you

  • JRGarland

    JRGarland

    Well done indeed. The image is just as magical as your words are.

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thank you so much.

  • ArtPhotoCollide

    ArtPhotoCollide

    Wow! This totally hit me in the gut… I feel like that grain of sand right now. Awesome writting, awesome photograph!

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Well we aren’t that much bigger than a grain of sand.

    thank you so much.

  • John Dicandia

    John Dicandia

    Hi daniel, This image is brilliant and you beautifully encapulated what we were talking about only the other day. I am definately not the same person I was 20 years ago or even 10 years ago. Maybe we are a collection of people but with the same name. Have you ever thought of that? JD

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thanks, yeah I was still thinking about that when i wrote this, I simplified it a bit, I had to cut out a whole bunch because i wrote way too much.

    that is quite a fascinating view, no i haven’t thought about it that way,

    .... see both these views can exist in the same meaning, we may be a collection of people in one self, in fact we are, I’m not the same person i was one second ago, i’m one second older, i’m living one second in the future, my mind has developed slightly, my heart has pumped one extra beat… the world from one second ago is completely different from that of right now so therefore i am in a different world and a different person. But collectively i share my existences with no other and no one shares with any one else.
    I might be elaborating a bit too much and going a little far, but you have given me quite a bit to think about. Quite incredible
    you have such thought provoking things to say.

  • John Dicandia

    John Dicandia

    PS: Congratulations on the feature my friend! :))

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thanks John

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    Daniel, not only is your image spectacular, especially with your chin on your chest and that incredible lighting, but your words are the most thought provoking I have read in a very long time…......I love this image and love your words more :)
    Reminds me of that old movie…...If

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    I’m flattered. Thanks so much. So glad you enjoy my words as well, i just write whatever occupies most of my minds time.

    Never seen If, heard of it though. I might check it out.

  • MrTAH

    MrTAH

    incredible image….fine job….

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Thanks so much

  • Crystal Zacharias

    Crystal Zacharias

    Nice capture.

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thank you

  • aspectsoftmk

    aspectsoftmk

    the photo and the words touch….

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Awesome, so cool, thanks

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    lovely photo

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Cheers, much appreciated.

  • Meeli Sonn

    Meeli Sonn

    Oo I admire this work. It is not only cool but very much creative. And a colors, amazy….

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Thanks so much

  • janfoster

    janfoster

    wonderful image Daniel : )

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Thank you

  • morpheus71

    morpheus71

    Excellent image and enjoyed the philosophical prose :)

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    i never thought it make sense until i finished it, thanks

  • PPPhotoArt

    PPPhotoArt

    gorgeous photo and a wonderful ponderous commentary, wow

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thanks so much, never thought that people would ever think twice about the words, guess i thought wrong

  • laureenr

    laureenr

    fantastic Daniel. Love your words and image, it is so true one never knows what lies on the other side of a moment lost in time.

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Only we in that parallel life where we lived that moment know what it is to live in that world.
    Thanks so much

  • Ushna Sardar

    Ushna Sardar

    excellent Dani!

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    thanks you, And thanks for the Feature.

  • Barbara Brown

    Barbara Brown

    An amazing image!!

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    Thank you

  • veritasunsaid

    veritasunsaid

    Awesome image; and a very interesting little discussion too!!
    what if indeed!!

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    just another fascinating question no one will know the answer to.
    Thanks Alex.

  • stephenedwards

    stephenedwards

    stunning shot. instant favorite. i wonder if finding and favoriting this shot on red bubble will influence me or change the path of my life in some minor or major way? who can tell?

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    For the minor change, well that has happened, You are now living in a world where you have seen this image and read my worlds, you can never know what it would be like to not have done that now.
    as for the Major, Who knows what little differences seeing and reading my words could have done, it may slowly snowball into something huge as a direct result. but no one will ever know, as you said Who can tell?

    And thanks, glad you like it.

  • Crystal Zacharias

    Crystal Zacharias

    Please consider submitting to the Nikon D90 sunset challenge

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    I would love to but the light is not a sun, this is in the middle of the night and they are path lamps, so it does not fit the criteria. but i shall add Chaos looms instead, seeing as that was during sunset,

  • Crystal Zacharias

    Crystal Zacharias

    No problem….thanks for considering another…be sure to add it to the group too.

  • Wendy Stivers

    Wendy Stivers

    i love this picture, it is amazing, but even more, your words are so similar to my thoughts it’s crazy- more than i would like to admit, i cross the causeway we have here and it just hits me- what are all of these people doing? all of these cars going who knows where for what reason, the buildings, the clueless people and multitudes around the world doing the same exact thing if in different ways or circumstance it doesn’t even make sense. what is the point of it all, we’ve built this whole society, culture, millions of inventions, but for what?? are we better off, happier, doing what is right, or is this just an illusion, our reality of the moment….

    sorry, you just had me on a tangent that i find myself on already- great work

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    god yeah, what is the reason behind any of it, where is the sense? I thought of this way of looking at everything, that the whole world, and life and everything in between is this machine, built at the dawn of time, but within seconds it broke down, parts snapped off, cogs don’t spin, buttons don’t work, and so on. but it still works to a degree, just not even nearly how it is meant to, it pretty much just has power and thats it.
    We humans were born into living in this machine, we have no clue what it does, or how it works, we have never experienced its prime purpose but we have no idea that it is broken, we just assume thats how it was built to work because we know nothing else, so we will never know the true purpose of what anything is, or what anything is meant to do. we will just continue on this lost path to nothingness and believe it is the way.

    now i am sorry for rambling,
    And thanks, glad you think about these sort of things as well

  • Wendy Stivers

    Wendy Stivers

    how brilliant! we must be kindred souls- i’ve totally thought of this, not as a machine, but just as a cosmic joke, we think our world is one thing, but we are so clueless…i wish you luck figuring it all out, because it still eludes me-i just try to live the best i can and believe in kharma and try to stifle all of the other stuff because it is so hopeless- isn’t it nice to know you are not alone, though? that’s what i felt when i read your words!take care of yourself..

  • thatkellychic

    thatkellychic

    i couldn’t have said it any better myself!

  • SilverGinger

    SilverGinger

    Wow such deep emotion in this picture, outstanding work

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    Man oh man Daniel…....I absolutely LOVE your way of thinking. I think like this all of the time as well. What if I had never seen this picture (as you said) for example….then it wouldn’t have started a whole bunch of other what ifs that are flying through my brain right now. And what if that is just a waste of time thinking like that…..but what if it isn’t?! I truely belive that questioning and really thinking about things is way more entertaining than blindly trudging through day to day life! What if you had never commented on one of my images? Then I may never have come across your work…..but maybe I would have eventually. Ohhhhhh…..that’s a whole other show. Either way, I am thankful you did and I came to look at your work because it is nothing short of brilliant and I am very much enjoying your images and words :)

  • Daniel Angeles replied

    what if indeed, even if you came across my work at a later time, there would be a world of differences that happen within that period, no matter how long it is, thats the magic of a single moment and the way it can seem insignificant but is actually a huge factor in changing a part of your life, which changes another and then another…., and all without you even realising.
    And thanks for all your incredibly kind words….

  • shadowlee

    shadowlee

    Great stuff, maybe you would find life easier to understand if you thought about one life, but one like no other and it has a purpose, it touches people along the line, if you make one person smile for awhile it helps them, and maybe we are not meant to see the whole picture yet. No one life is insignificant optherwise we wouldn’t be here, well thats one way of looking at things

  • Devalyn Marshall

    Devalyn Marshall

    Beautiful!

  • Steve Scully

    Steve Scully


    This photo will be featured with the rest of the top ten and two honorable mentions! Please submit it to the group NOW so that it may be featured! (If it is already part of the group, please remove it and resubmit it, Thanks!)

  • gabbielizzie

    gabbielizzie

    congratulations on your feature

  • Sanchos

    Sanchos

    how amazing is this photo. thank you for sharing this beautiful masterpiece.

  • Kathy Silcock

    Kathy Silcock

    Fabulous! :)

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