I gave Jazz a chance to improvise the color, and added some scratches and a few light leaks.  I liked how the cut papaya looked like a calving glacier. To me. 

Photography, as I’ve said before, is my way of seeing the world in new ways. It is easy to sleepwalk through life and never really look. Taking pictures of quotidian details, the stuff of daily life, really delving into its properties, makes me feel alive and aware that I’m alive. 

Life is short and precious. Practicing a simple awareness in each moment prepares me for whatever might be next.  I am grateful for the good and the difficult.