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by zkmon 175 days ago
But you felt the strong urge to write once you are on the flight back. I bet you were thinking about the stuff that should go into that writing, all the time during that week. You were collecting photos to share.

That's not true disconnecting. You should just experience it and not share it. That week should only exist in your own memory.

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One of the best feelings is letting things go.

"It sure would be a shame to miss that photo! ... And so I did"

It's an act of rebellion towards a world browbeating you into performance for invisible strangers

> "It sure would be a shame to miss that photo! ... And so I did"

Sometimes it's just for you. While walking with a friend last night I passed a home I've probably passed a hundred million times. Though this time, I noticed something, the second floor had a Christmas tree peaking out of a window. At that moment I realized that someone in the folds of Queens NYC took their time to put up this tree leaving the curtains drawn so someone on the street below might look up will and see their tree. It was such a weird little thought that I had to snap a picture even though my first thought was "nah." Will I ever share it? No. There's no reason to. But I have that little snapshot of that scene and the thoughts that came with it.

> Will I ever share it? No. There's no reason to.

You just did.

No, they didn't. They talked about their process and their mindset. They didn't share the photo.

Your response feels spiteful and needlessly mean. When someone is talking to you, listen to their words - such as their words talking about creating art even without an audience - before jumping immediately to attacks.