Untitled — 009

I choose a photograph
and open it on my computer screen.

I look at the composition.
I look at the color.
I look at the contrast.
I look at the subject.

I look at what I can take away.

What do I want to say?
What do I want to show?
What do I want someone to feel?

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Is there too much?
Is the subject too weak?

I crop.

To bring the subject forward.

I used to try to fit so much into the frame.

Now,
just as I crop a photograph,
I am slowly taking things away
from my life.

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Originally published at https://hallelujah.com on August 14, 2026.