What This Blog is All About

Beauty is the accurate language of itself. Pictures which paint a thousand words are its secondary tongue. This blog uses pictures while it attempts to convey that primary language.

There is beauty beyond that seen by the eye. But it takes the soul to perceive it. The feeling of mirth, the feeling of lightness, the feeling of being, the feeling of love for the Creator, the feeling of awe, the feeling that could make one weep for a reason only the soul understands- these are what this blog wants each and everyone of us to experience.


Thursday, July 24, 2008

ANOTHER MAGICAL SUNSET: BESAO SUNSET



The endless sky burns majestically in various parts of the world. And always with the same sun. Fires get us scared. But not when the fire is dancing in the sky, flirting with clouds.

Besao sun disappearing behind Tirad Pass, Ilocos Sur
Atty. Lynn "Lino" Macalingay, a US-based native of Besao, Mt. Province, visited this blog and he expressed his joy that we are interested in nature photography. He is himself a nature-lover and has a collection of pictures of nature in various forms which he himself took.


The Besao sun slowly fading in Ogawi.
Last year, he came home to bury his father. He had occasion to take pictures of the famed Besao Sunset. The pictures you see here are all his, taken from his ancestral home.

The Besao Sunset is a tourist attraction. From Besao, you can see the sun descending slowly until it disappears behind Tirad Pass. Then darkness creeps in, but you just stare at the sunset as if it is still there. The magical feeling of watching it simply go down stays with you and makes you forget that nighttime has stolen its beauty. But really, the beauty cannot be stolen. The memory stays with you for as long as you like. And it is free.