Reflections of an Artist: Fine Art Photography with a Splash of Prose (20) – The Weeping Pedestrian

A tiny green flower shaped like a star.

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Creeping up behind my neighbor’s Fiat, I was balancing between stalker and antisocial weirdo. The car wasn’t there at 6:00 am, when I was examining the bushes for close up photo ops as Gracie sniffed out the perfect poop spot.

When I returned it was noon and, on the other side of the car, my neighbors were having a tag sale – which explained (without alleviating my frustration) why the damn thing was parked right in front of the pretty flowers.

Weekend traffic and the tag sale led to a high frequency of slow, gawking drivers. One guy stopped next to me and called out the window, “Why are you crying?” I think he was a little embarrassed when I turned around with a big, fake smile and a camera in my hand.

I wonder how many other passers-by assumed I was a weirdo crying in the bushes.

 

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Reflections of an Artist: Fine Art Photography with a Splash of Prose (2) – Jaws of Winter

Jaws of Winter

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Gracie and I were rushing back to the house after her mid-day potty break. More likely, I was rushing to get back to website building, email answering, or social media wrangling… one of those most urgent matters.

As we trotted across the deck that little leaf called out to me like an old woman stretching her wrinkled hand out for spare change. I felt bad for it, being encapsulated and drawn into the icy depths below.

The way I see it: ugliness + sadness = beauty.

It was nice to slow down for a second and just witness nature.

 

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