September 2023

If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with
death

Pablo Neruda, Keeping Quiet

I think that’s a big part of why I titled this blog what I did.

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[All of these photos were taken on an Olympus OM-1n Camera. Photos 5-8, 13, 14, and 21-23 were shot on Cinestill 400T film. All other photos were shot on Kodak Portra 400 and 800 film. Photos 19-22 were taken at the 2023 Lowell Hispanic & Latinx Festival.]