Spring and Focus

Hellooooo, Spring!
Come on in.
You are always welcome here.

I'm always intrigued by how a writer chooses to begin a story,especially with what focus:will it be far out, giving the lay of the land,as in movies when the camera begins high up and gradually moves in closerand closer and closeruntil it focuses onthe main character?
Or will it begin close upimmediately putting the focus ona central personor image and later moving outto give us the lay of the land?

In paintings and photographs, too,I like to think aboutthe artist's choices:where is he/she directing our focusand why?
It is spring in North Carolina,a good timeto think aboutbeginnings.