Transcendent Beauty

photo by Tamara Gould

Snapshots of beautiful tragedy are seen every moment in nature and even in the mundane. These moths were attracted to the water in my dog’s bowl, and that’s where they perished, and what I photographed this morning when I went to change his water. There lies the tragedy. The beauty is what remains to remind us of life’s fragility and to celebrate those things which don’t end up as we plan. A bitter-sweet instant.