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Observation #14: People in Color

Observation #14: Monochrome. Black and white. Sometimes shades of gray make the best photographs. Sometimes, though, we need people in full color.

(This mural in Fayetteville, Arkansas was painted by Octavio Logo. For more on the piece, read this article.)

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Observation #13: New Light for Old Loves

I’ve live in Fayetteville, Arkansas for eighteen years now, and I’ve passed the old courthouse hundreds, maybe thousands of times. As an attorney, I’ve tried cases there. I’ve attended gatherings there. I’ve photographed it over and over, even used one of those photographs as a sort of icon for a lenten project at church. On Saturday, everything was so gray and quiet, I knew I had to catch my old love in a new light.

Observation #13: It’s possible to fall in love again and again if you apprec...

Observation #12: The Ghost of Christmas Present

Observation #12: Ghosts haunt, especially at Christmas present.

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Observation #11: Your Social Media Crack Dealer

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I noticed the pattern in social media. What’s the pattern?

Observation #11: The social media giants drive profit by pushing addiction.

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Observation #10: Mischief Managed

I captured this boy moments before he threw the dirty snowball at his grandmother, moments before her face was streaked with snow sludge and runny mascara (a photo I wish I could have captured without getting slugged).

Observation #10: There is a moment before the mischief is managed when the mischief seems like a good idea.

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Observation #9: Inspiration Everywhere

Inspiration is everywhere these days. Is it any wonder? In these days of division and vitriol, don’t we all need some good vibes?

Observation #9: Good vibes don’t make themselves.

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Observation #8: Observing the Bones

On a trip to southern Louisiana, I saw the bones of the old oak. The erosion of the marshland, the encroaching salt water, the change in climate—all of it takes its toll on living things.

Observation #8: Bones make beautiful photos, though that’s no silver lining.

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Observation #7: Focusing on a Piece of the Whole

Enamored by its texture, its finger-pointing steeple, I took the photo of the old brick church in Mooresville, Alabama. I loved the landscape image, the way the facade stood proud when framed just right. But as I stepped back from the church, as I took stock of the building, I noticed the way the shadows and light played on the front porch, the way they seemed to peel the layers of paint on the columns.

Sometimes perspective comes by focusing on a piece of the whole.

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Observation #6: The Haunted South

On our way back to Arkansas from a very southern Thanksgiving, we swung through Mooresville, Alabama, a pristine historic town that’s been preserved since before the civil war. Boasting the states oldest operating post office, a smattering of houses, and the sturdy bones of two American-ancient churches, the town is thick with history if it’s thick with anything. It’s the history that haunts, I think.

Observation #6: The American south is haunted with the things of God.

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Observation #5: Children of Light

After the Thanksgiving feast, the children took to the bamboo forest. They hunted, danced, warred between the stalks, children as they are. From time to time they came from the shadows, peeked out from behind the stalks, made sure I hadn’t headed for home.

Observation #5: Children love the shadows, but they’re comforted by light and fathers.

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