“But there’s another way to pay attention. A less intense way. Like when you’re enjoying a colorful sunset or lying in a field watching the clouds drift by overhead. You’re still observing, but with a sense of effortlessness and curiosity.” —The Way Out, Alan Gordon with Alon Ziv
I’m bored of taking pictures of flowers alone, finding myself more interested in the architecture of gardens. The textures and light and the most basic and essential elements of gardens. The tools, the planting, the watering. Buds and blossoms. Things just beginning to grow and certainly those things in decay. I do not have access to the inside of the greenhouse, so I make the best of focusing through 2 layers of glass—the lens and the wall of the greenhouse.
Not having to fix everything right away is really liberating.
I’m grateful for this season of life. Even the night’s when I wake up at 4am and can’t get back to sleep. Without such nights, I doubt I would have this opportunity to explore and take pictures in the garden at sunrise.
