Traversing life

When I was in Japan late last year I was thinking of bridges that connected two cultures or other more metaphysical connections such as time & space, and life & death.  Japan has the same bridges most countries have for the transportation of material things and people.   However, in the water garden at Himeji Castle there was a pathway or crossover that was intriguing to me with the sky and trees, reflecting in the ground water. This for me describes more of the metaphysical/spiritual traversing than the mere physical connection of point A to point B. When I imagine what might be beyond the physical plane, I am reminded of photographer Minor White –  “One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.”