At some point, the urgency left.I didn’t mark when it happened. I only noticed that I wasn’t rushing anymore — not through my days, not through my work, not through myself. Without that pressure, something else became visible. I stopped trying to prove. I stopped trying to do. I stopped moving with the tide of image after image, idea after…
This summer, I unexpectedly found myself traveling to California for a family reunion to celebrate my aunt’s 90th birthday. With free time before returning to school and no other immediate family members able to make the trip, I was encouraged to attend as our family’s representative. I initially envisioned this journey as a grand photographic adventure, but it turned out…
