“Hmm,” says Lee, putting down her pencil. “What are you actually trying to say?” He groans, stands up, and crushes the paper into a ball. “I’m trying to say that when I look at a picture of you, I want to feel exactly as good as I felt when I was taking the picture. Photography can capture reality, but how does it capture emotion? Isn’t the emotion what makes reality real?” “So why don’t you say that?” “I am saying that! Or at least I’m trying to.” “Sometimes a direct approach works better,” Lee says, and goes back to her correspondence.
