What’s your back story?

What creates the context of this moment?

What supports and informs the action playing out in the foreground?

There is always so much more history to a scene than we can ever imagine. Eons of evolution, dependent and co-arising, have gone into this particular instance and presentation of matter.

Background is a LOT. It can be overwhelming and distracting. Sometimes we minimize it in order to pay attention to the immediate subject.

Perhaps there is great wisdom in the practice of selecting and managing the background to our focus and our living when possible, while being humbly aware that there is so much more involved. We are all part of an interdependent web of life.

Lovely use of background in these images- that spider, wow from top to bottom…Joy, love, cuteness, amazing contrast small, big- a great story and simplicity. Lo.
Thanks, Ritva. Congratulations on a fine tutorial for the technique!
you are most welcome 🙂
Great message to go with terrific images Priscilla. Especially loved the tiny figures in front of that amazing natural vista
Thanks, Tina!
Wow, beautiful images Priscilla. Your images tell such wonderful stories, and that spider–well!
Thanks, Anne!
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Excellent response, Priscilla. The photos are beautiful and so meaningful with their own stories.
Thank you, Egidio!
Great selections. Excellent.
Thanks, John!
Amazing post from start to finish, Priscilla. You always connect your photos with your thoughts so perfectly.
Thank you, Sofia!