016Point
1: there's some things recently that have stood out to me.
1a: (a couple lines from a banger song)
you fell asleep smoking your cigarette
it started to burn your hair, it smelled fucking awful, but
thats the only thing, i ever want to smell
the morning sun comes in filtered through smoke
you cooked polenta and mushrooms
and thats the only thing i ever want to smell
1b: (my badly paraphrased quote from someone else's philosophy on street photography)
"you don't get into photography to capture things, not really. you get into photography because it makes you look for things worth capturing"
1c: (a handful of words I whispered in the middle of the night about a photo I took)
"it was an entirely unremarkable moment. it was only remarkable because I decided it was.
2: the point of all these things is that; you don't need to wait around for the perfect moment.
3: the point of all these things is that; you make moments perfect by choice. not by waiting.
4: the point of all these things is that; the people around you probably just want to be happy.
5: the point of all these things is that; the people around you probably want to be happy with you.
6: you can let things be simple.
7: you can be fucking angry and upset and yearning and harbour petty mischief in your soul. you can. you're allowed.
7a: you can do all that and STILL let things be simple. you can be happy. others can be happy. these are not incompatible.
8: the point of ALL this is that; there is no point. you get to choose the point.
9: it feels really satisfying to decide for yourself what the point of all this is, and then stick to it regardless of what everyone else thinks
10: i encourage you to disagree with me about all of this. cunts.
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