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Sunday, March 12, 2023

Shoot now or forever hold your peace

Jack Frost was here
London, ON
February 2023
This photo originally shared on Instagram


The scene at my feet no longer exists.

After the rising sun crept around the corner and banished the shadows, this entire tiny universe melted almost as quickly as it formed.

Gone. Just like that.

Forgotten.

Save for the single shot I grabbed before heading back in with the dog to start the work day.

I’ve been doing a lot of that lately, stealing moments and scenes that won’t be here if I wait any longer.

I think it’s an allegory of sorts, a hidden message to us that nothing lasts forever. And those time horizons are never as far off as we think. Or wish.

So we stop in gutters and shoot in the now. Because nothing beyond the now is promised to any of us.

It’s as true with crystallized ice as it is with anything else. Or anyone, for that matter.

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