Fractured
2025
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Lately, I’ve been listening more to classical music. My girlfriend likes classical music. And I’ve developed an appreciation for it. I enjoy anything in a minor key and prefer more subtle pieces to large orchestral processions. Pieces that don’t announce themselves but instead feel like someone thinking. I never thought I’d enjoy listening to classical music. I had a complicated relationship with playing the piano when I was young. Interestingly, my girlfriend taught piano and had a healthier relationship with the instrument. Sometimes, I imagine her younger self, practising for hours on end, sitting at the piano with better posture than I ever had, pressing the keys like she was asking them questions.
These days, I find myself attending recitals. I particularly like string quartets. I sit down and left my thoughts drift. Sometimes, I close my eyes to better hear.
I usually use my eyes when I take photos. That is when I point a camera with intent. Sometimes, I don’t. I snap away on long exposures to catch abstract movements and light forms. Whatever falls in front of the lens. Some things you hear better with your eyes closed. Some things you see more clearly when you don’t mean to look. Maybe that’s all we’re doing: tuning in, tracing outlines, and trying not to miss the quiet parts.
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