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.

There is always more than we can comprehend at play. Be kind. Be humble.

Thank you, Ritva, for inviting us into this challenge. Do visit HER POST to learn great tips on background composition.