Rest and Pace

Long time readers will know of my drawn out struggle to find photography again since falling ill to long covid - as written about here and here and a few times in my Life this week series. I endlessly miss working with a camera to create images of the world around. In a different lifetime, I wrote: In that moment of pause, I bear witness and enter into an act of reciprocity with the world. I step out of my worries, quieten my mind, and let my body experience the world. In return, I attempt to capture those daily moments of wonder and stillness. It turns out stepping out of my worries and engaging with the world is extremely difficult when my baseline keeps shifting. Last year, I could step out, walk, photograph as I used to-ish. This year... well let's not talk about this year too much. It's enough to say that walking has not been a strong feature. I am not homebound but outings are few. I've attempted to photograph the home instead but it never worked. I suspect this is in part due…