It’s been a week since I’m back, and while some of my work is winding up, I have some new ones in as well. I’m eager to get everything out of the way, so that I can embark on a personal create-a-thing-a-day month (without actually being on the website — I love the idea, but I don’t want to wait until February next year.)

Although technically I shouldn’t have to wait for everything to wind up before I can embark on it, it’s just a quirk of mine to want to clear the table, before I sit down for a feast.

Along with my friend’s camera in hand, a month away from home trained my eye to be more keenly aware of my surroundings. I started noticing the shapes and lines of things, and how they are connected to each other. I started taking photographs of color, numbers, words, lines and shapes — no matter if at that moment they seemed to not have any connection between them.

My only fear are the moments and places that I couldn’t capture on camera will be forgotten. It’s a thought that’s hardest to bear.