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References in classic literature...

"We have discovered happiness"--say the last men, and blink thereby.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich

When he ventured to blink hastily, he derived some moral support from the green gleam of the starboard light shining feebly upon the flight of rain and sprays.
Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph

But the survivor could not forget that his name was still in the newspapers, nor blink the fact that he was an unworthy hero of the passing hour.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W.

I believe he didn't even blink. It isn't natural.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph

Definition...

blink

v. blinked, blink·ing, blinks

v.intr.

1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.

2. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.

3. To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.

4.

a. To be startled or dismayed.

b. To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: "This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked" Zbigniew Brzezinski.

5. To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.

v.tr.

1. To cause to blink.

2. To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking: blinked back the tears.

3. To refuse to recognize or face: blink ugly facts.

4. To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.

n.

1. The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.

2. An instant: I'll be back in a blink.

3. Scots A quick look or glimpse; a glance.

4. A flash of light; a twinkle.

5. See iceblink.

iblinkphotography

Being a full-time pastor gives me great opportunities to witness many extraordinary stories of ordinary people shaped by God in this fuzzy and fractured world. Photography is my way of recording these moments.

Sometimes it takes more than a few seconds to do that, and sometimes it’s as quick as 1/8000 of a second. But since we are all ordinary people here, I’ll just say it’s somewhat like a blink (which is approximately 300 to 400 milliseconds according to Wikipedia).

I have had a deep fascination with the concept of light for a long time, both in the biblical and photographic sense of the word. I love the contrast between total darkness and pure light, between black and white photography, between Man and God.

I'm married and am also a papa. My wife, Shih-Huei, and I are proud parents to our lovely baby boy, Ezra, who has just turned one recently. Children grow up so fast and before you realize it, they will soon be parents to your grand-children in just a blink of an eye.

Wilson Tan
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