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going alone

            A year and a half ago I went to a lake north of where I live to shoot. Around the same time I climbed a mountain and took a picture. Neither of them worked out, but I was able to take bits and pieces from each to create something new, something that resonated with me. 

I've felt very fortunate in my life to not have to "go it alone", that I've had my best friend by my side for the past 13 years (we were together at a young age). Sometimes the fear of losing him creeps into my mind, so I say it out loud to my friends who think I am entirely macabre. But sometimes saying what you fear out loud makes you feel better, like if it happens you will have already prepared yourself. There isn't a lot of sense or logic there, but that's the way of humans sometimes. 

This image reminded me of that feeling - of the fear of being alone, of life changing, of walking out into the water not knowing what lies beneath. My friends say I'm going to talk bad things into existence one day, but I say I'm talking it away from me.

Taken on: July 16, 2016

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brooke shaden

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Sets appears in: • Self Portraits

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