the thing that propels me through life is my anxiety, although maybe i
\n never gave it that name in the past. restlessness. i wake up and the
\nlight is in a certain way and i\u2019m compelled to be outside, photographing
\n it, capturing it while the world is still in bed. the images give me a
\nlanguage, and when the landscape here changes little, i find little to
\nsay. until i look back retrospectively and the images tell their own
\nstory.<\/p>\n
ever more i rely upon photography to speak for me. it means
\n more than it ever has. through it i\u2019m taught that every country exists
\nin these unchanging photographs of san francisco; that my restlessness
\nfor another place is a restlessness that likely would remain unsatisfied
\n by another place. but still my list of places to go, where the light
\nmight fall in a certain way, grows larger by the month.<\/p>\n
provence, portland maine, myanmar, copenhagen, kyoto.<\/p>\n
when
\n spring looms nearer, i catch glimpses, shards really, as they\u2019re tiny
\nintrusions upon my consciousness – of feeling and foresight for all the
\nphotographs i\u2019ll take in the future; scent and flavor and experience
\nreduced to a moment. i guess you could call it excitement, or
\nanticipation, but one that lasts for all of a split second, soon
\nfollowed by a feeling of having lost something. i\u2019ve always lived with
\nthis fear of missing out, and the pressure of maximizing every moment
\nfor creative benefit. maybe because my head\u2019s been so stuffed with
\nimages of everywhere from a young age. maybe because of south america, a
\n country i saw at fourteen that gave the world a shape, and made my own
\nnever enough by contrast.<\/p>\n
to take up permanent residence in that one second, though: i suppose it\u2019s what we\u2019re all striving for.<\/p>\n
\u2014Anonymous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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