this is lovely! especially appreciate the vulnerability of the notes app thoughts. some of the best writing seems to come after a “failed” writing retreat—once the pressure is off :)
This resonated with me. I too have a notes app filled with physical descriptions of landscapes which do nothing to evoke their memory when I read them back.
What writing has over photography is the ability to capture a feeling in the moment, if not a physical scene - which you've demonstrated here. A series of photographs or sketches would struggle to capture the discontentment about not writing giving way to accepting the rest, the fleetingness of memory, and the import of getting away from it all, as well as this does. I'm sure you will read this back in many years time just as fondly as you might look at a photograph from the same holiday.
love that you let yourself just enjoy! :) that’s so important, too!
this is lovely! especially appreciate the vulnerability of the notes app thoughts. some of the best writing seems to come after a “failed” writing retreat—once the pressure is off :)
thank you, so nice of you!
This resonated with me. I too have a notes app filled with physical descriptions of landscapes which do nothing to evoke their memory when I read them back.
What writing has over photography is the ability to capture a feeling in the moment, if not a physical scene - which you've demonstrated here. A series of photographs or sketches would struggle to capture the discontentment about not writing giving way to accepting the rest, the fleetingness of memory, and the import of getting away from it all, as well as this does. I'm sure you will read this back in many years time just as fondly as you might look at a photograph from the same holiday.