Do Things You Love
And they are symbolic. Smoking has always signaled a certain devil-may-care mood; in our nihilistic times, haunted by fears of apocalypse — A.I., climate, institutional, other — it’s a celebration of being alive by way of chipping away at it, treating the body casually in service of a life fully enjoyed. A pack of cigarettes is the opposite of an
... See moreBy his forties, a man has usually accomplished something in life. And is less tyrannized by his ambitions. He can then turn his attention inward.
For me, the whole world goes away when I’m doing [these pressings]. I’m in a zone. It’s hard to describe. I realize this is a practice, and I love it. That’s all I really want to do.
Katherine Greenberg • Photo essay: Meet the Press - California Native Plant Society
Just makes me think of walking through the garden in the morning
exuberant enjoyment of life