What's the deal with Panta Rhei?

Think back to the world between 600 - 500 BC....Western philosophy was just getting started because the Greeks had idle cycles thanks to some things like favorable climate and slaves doing all the manual labor. Heraclitus came on the scene at some point in that century, walking around and throwing out random witticisms while acting like a weepy jerk to everybody. Despite that, the guy became pretty popular with what he said and how he spoke - alliterative paradoxes that had deeper meaning when you chewed on the words for a little bit.

Panta Rhei - everything flows - is one of his aphorisms. He clarified it by saying nobody can step foot in the same river twice...the river and the person have both changed on the second step. This holds true with photography as well, in that everything changes after the shutter snaps shut - the scene will never be the same. Lighting shifts, weather moves, and even the person shooting it has grown older.

BTW - Heraclitus died covered in poop, trying to cure his dropsy (edema). Not sure why I wanted to include that; it just seemed kind of humorous since he was known for his deep thoughts.

By RoyFokker - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10805964

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