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Photography & Reflections | Memoirs of Madness

I’ve always enjoyed the little things most people walk past without giving them a second thought. A cluster of flowers. The way sunlight catches a leaf. The shadows that gather beneath something beautiful.

Sometimes, all it takes is slowing down long enough to notice.

Photography has taught me that beauty doesn’t always arrive dressed for the occasion. Sometimes it’s hiding in plain sight, waiting for somebody with a camera and a little curiosity.

These tiny white blossoms caught my attention because of the way they stood against the darkness. Nothing particularly dramatic about them. Just a little white, a little yellow, and a whole lot of shadow.

But that’s the thing about photography. You’re not always looking for something extraordinary. Sometimes you’re discovering that the ordinary was extraordinary all along.

And perhaps that’s not such a bad way to look at life, either.

Until the next frame…

Mangus Khan