A clear way the difference between the conscious hand creative force in comparison with kameraavtryckets click. One could compare to the understanding of a foreign language where reading and listening comprehension, the more passive side of the language, most often develops rapidly. The active contrast (century and finally the ability to write well in the foreign language) develops more slowly and are less extensive.
The active knowledge requires a much deeper understanding of how the language really works. With the help of the camera, we reach quickly the passive world of knowledge, but it is like the case of McConnells photographs even imagine what lies behind the dividing line to the active image world of knowledge. The desire to read a history comes also in the series "Night Flowers", photographed without the help of any other light than the existing night light.