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The car in front of me stopped short, and I jammed hard on the brakes. “Sorry,” I glanced over at Nick, trying to gauge his frustration.
“What?” He asked, grinning. “Should I react like you would?” He twisted suddenly, slammed his cheek and hands against the glass, and raised his knees up into his chest. His eyes and mouth opened wide in pretend shock.
“HA-ha-HA-ha,” I knew a good impression of me when I saw one.
No matter how much I make fun of Nick’s “unmanly” avoidance of driving, we both know it’s better for both of us this way. Although I’m not quite as bad as he made me out to be, I am a bit spastic as a passenger. It’s all about control, and among other things on my to-let-go-of list, control is what I cling to most.
This series has definitely been a practice in releasing some control. Often, the hardest challenges bring the best rewards. So when an unexpected gem shows up in the blur, it’s even better than if I’d put it there myself.
I couldn’t repeat this photo if I tried a million times; there’s something special about that.
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I agree that releasing some control is important to producing art that is vibrant and alive. There must be a guiding hand, but allowing for the serendipitous makes the work that much richer. I find the trick, though, is in knowing when something unplanned is actually good. 🙂
Very true Dorothy! My selection process was not easy with this batch of photos, but some of them immediately made it to my final cut list, and this was one of them. There were over 900 images in this batch of photos, and I think I chose about 15 of them to fully process. Thanks for stopping by =)