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I was thinking Rothko before you wrote Rothko 🙂 I've long thought that my best creative work comes from limitations, either those that are self-imposed (shoot the beach differently) or externally imposed by resource availability (time possible when mothering a teething child). These photos feel a little other-worldly, which seems fitting. But I have to say: That's a LOT of hours in a car, even without a teething little one!

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Thank you Rita! You are so right about the creative benefit of limitations and I think I should remind myself of that whenever I'm feeling the deep frustration of those very same limitations. It's the same in architecture too - the most interesting designs come out of challenging constraints.

And yes it was a lot of hours in the car - we listened to way too many Captain Underpants audio books, but the scenery was beautiful. So nice to see new-to-me parts of the country and also drive on roads I haven't seen since 2009.

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Ah, Captain Underpants! (I used to be in charge of elementary school library collection development, so I know him well.) I just want to clarify that I understand the deep frustration with the kinds of limitations you're managing, and I didn't mean to diminish them. There was a time I used to get up at 4:00 am to write, and then my young daughter discovered what I was doing and became an even earlier riser than she'd already been. Those years were both wonderful and very challenging.

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Wonderful and very challenging indeed! That's such a sweet story about your daughter but I can easily imagine the corresponding levels of frustration.

Dav Pilkey really created a gold mine didn't he, giving the kids what they want (lots of toilet humor) and creating a lot of laughter in the process.

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They’re magical - beautiful, soothing, other worldly.

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Thank you so much S&S! It was one of the most relaxing shoots (aside from the cold) because though the gulf was in constant motion, it never changed. The moon was never obscured by clouds. The scene was so patient for me, and I think I really needed that as a subject.

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Love and hate those moments when good photos move 70mph right by you!

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I am sure this is a regular occurrence for you! Not easy to brake and track back on an interstate...

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The art drop looks lovely, well done!

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Thank you, Chris!

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If I'm out and about and a photograph presents and I don't have a camera with me, I have this habit of snapping my fingers and taking a mind picture of such scene. It counts as a photograph, just a mental one.

Wonderful shots here, I love the diptych and the portrait looking at the moon.

I hope the little one is feeling better.

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Xavi, thanks for your comment! I love how you can "snap a photo" like that even without a camera - maybe one day with brain implants we can share those mental photographs with others.

And yes our daughter is back to 100% and it's a relief for all! Thank you.

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Nice journal! Are you familiar with the book "Photographs Not Taken"? It's a collection of short essays by various photographers about the images they missed... It happens to everyone.

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Thanks, Alon - I am not familiar with that book (and what a great idea for a book it is!)... thanks for the recommendation. Knowing it happens to everyone definitely lessens the sting of it...

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Beautiful magical photographs! Love them

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Thank you so much Shital! Really appreciate your comment - glad the photographs resonated with you.

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