Glow Girls who have been with me from the beginning know that I need to fully live something before I write about it. Even if the idea was there. Even if the structure made sense. Even if it would have been easy to turn it into a piece. Something in me always resists. Not loudly. Just enough to stop me. I don’t create from what I see. I create from what I feel. There are things that look beautiful on the surface. Images that are polished. Moments that seem perfect. But if I haven’t felt it— it doesn’t belong in my world. I can’t curate something I haven’t experienced. Not honestly. Not in a way that lasts. Glow is not a collection of things. It is a collection of felt moments. A photo is not chosen because it is pretty. It is chosen because it holds a feeling I recognize. Something I’ve paused for. Something I’ve sat with. Something that stayed with me longer than it should have. That’s the difference. Between seeing beauty and experiencing it. ...
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